“If fear is too strong, the genius is suppressed”
“Intelligence entails a strong mind, but genius entails a heart of a lion in tune with a strong mind.”
“Fear worked both ways - if you suppressed the physical symptoms, it calmed your mind.”
“Excessive fear and self-doubt that were the greatest detractors of personal genius.”
“Despair and Genius are too oft connected”
“Fear was the terrible secret of the battlefield and could afflict the brave as well as the timid. Worse it was contagious, and could destroy a unit before a battle even began. Because of that, commanders were first and foremost in the fear suppression business.”