Talent is like electricity. We don't understand electricity. We use it. You can plug into it and light up a lamp, keep a heart pump going, light a cathedral, or you can electrocute a person with it.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Talent is a powerful force that can be used for great good or great harm depending on how it is applied.
- In plain terms
- Talent can save lives or destroy them based on how we use it.
- What can you take from it?
- Great ability requires ethical direction to avoid harm.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do we guide gifted people?
- What is the risk of raw power?
Another view
Talent alone does not guarantee moral usage.
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