Arthur Conan Doyle on genius

Ten years now go further than a thousand then, not so much on account of our finer intellects as because the light we have shows us the way to more.

The highest morality may prove also to be the highest wisdom when the half-told story comes to be finished.

Mr. Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound!

Not great understanding alone, not intelligence alone, nor both together, make genius. Love! Love! Love! that is the soul of genius.

Genius without education is like silver in the mine.

Benjamin Franklin1706–1790Poor Richard’s Almanack

• Education

Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration.

Thomas Edison1847–1931