2 Quotes by C.W. Ceram

Among many other things, genius implies the ability to reduce the complicated to the simple, and to recognize inclusive structural principals.

It is frightening to realize in full depth what it means to be a human being: that is, to realize that we are all embedded in the flux of generations, whose legacy of thought and feeling we irrevocably carry along with us. Most of us never become aware of the importance of this heritage that man alone of all mammals lugs forward through time. And seldom have we any notion how to make the most of our given burden.