I won't mention names, but in my career, the most talented people invariably are the easiest and nicest to get along with.
“The guy who invented the first wheel was an idiot. The guy who invented the other three, he was a genius.”
“The only theism worthy of our respect believes in God not because of the way the world is made but in spite of that. The only theism that is no less profound than the Buddha's atheism is that represented in the Bible by Job and Jeremiah.”