It is a deliverance which does not deliver. In the attempt his genius deserts him; no muse befriends; no invention, no hope.
When people force themselves to express or create something, they lose their natural creativity and inspiration.
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preëstablished harmony.
Leibniz's theory that God created all monads to operate in perfect coordination from the beginning, according to His divine plan.
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Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we recognize majesty.
People sometimes ignore their own thoughts and ideas simply because they come from themselves, thinking that their ideas are not important or good enough. However, a genius comes from recognising their own thoughts and having the confidence to express themelves rather than underestimating them.
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