All The Great Speakers Were Bad Speakers

Self-reliance Is Its Aversion. It Loves Not Realities And Creators, But Names And Customs.

The Virtue Of Art Lies In Detachment, In Sequestering One Object From The Embarrassing Variety. Until One Thing Comes Out From Theconnection Of Things, There Can Be Enjoyment, Contemplation, But No Thought.

Looking At God Instantly Reduces Our Disposition To Dissent From Our Brother.

I Am At A Loss To Understand Why People Hold Miss Austen's Novels At So High A Rate, Which Seem To Me Vulgar In Tone, Sterile In Artistic Invention, Imprisoned In Their Wretched Conventions Of English Society, Without Genius, Wit, Or Knowledge Of The World. Never Was Life So Pinched And Narrow. ... All That Interests In Any Character [is This]: Has He (or She) The Money To Marry With? ... Suicide Is More Respectable.

That Which Dominates Our Imagination And Our Thoughts Will Determine Our Life And Character.