What defines a genius from a madman?

Well what does the general population think, what defines a genius from a madman? In my view, not much at all. All of the intelligent people who I have personally met, are on the edge of insanity (me included) throughout history, all of the people who have been deemed smart are people who think on the bleeding edge of what is right from wrong. It is those people who make a difference; it's those people who are willing to cross the social, political, religiously, and sometimes moral boundaries. They cross those boundaries without hesitation, and they see what is on the other side. After seeing what is on the other side, they put into action what they saw. More or less, it works, and sometimes it does not.