Self-trust is the essence of heroism.
Strange – is it not? That of the myriads who Before us passed the door of Darkness through, Not one returns to tell us of the road Which to discover we must travel too.
In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.
Of what use, however, is a general certainty that an insect will not walk with his head hindmost, when what you need to know is the play of inward stimulus that sends him hither and thither in a network of possible paths?
He looks the whole world in the face for he owes not any man.
Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.
All censorships exist to prevent anyone from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions. All progress is initiated by challenging current conceptions, and executed by supplanting existing institutions. Consequently the first condition of progress is the removal of censorships. There is the whole case against censorships in a nutshell.
Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
Do Good with what thou hast, or it will do thee no good.
The intuitive recognition of the instant, thus reality… is the highest act of wisdom.
The human race afraid of nothing, rushes on through every crime.
The arts and inventions of each period are only its costume, and do not invigorate men.
Other men are lenses through which we read our own minds. Each man seeks those of different quality from his own, and such as are good of their kind; that is, he seeks other men, and the rest.
One soweth and another reapeth is a verity that applies to evil as well as good.
Men have become the tools of their trade.
Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.
Live as brave men and face adversity with stout hearts.
It’s not whether you get knocked down, its whether you get back up.
All murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
The truest end of life is to know that life never ends.
The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all.
