Readng Freud...

Long time since I posted, but just stumbled upon a quote which resonated with me...

There was a time when I was all ambition and eager to learn, when day after day I felt aggrieved that Nature in a benevolent mood hadn’t stamped my face with that mark of genius which now and again she bestows on men. Now for a long time I have known that I am not a genius and cannot understand how I ever wanted to be one. I am not even very gifted; my whole capacity for work probably springs from my character and from the absence of outstanding academic weaknesses.