The universe... is a machine for the making of gods.
It is the very essence of intelligence to coordinate means with a view to a remote end, and to undertake what it does not feel absolutely sure of carrying out.
ACT as men of thought; THINK as men of action.
Only those ideas that are least truly ours can be adequately expressed in words.
Genius is that which forces the inertia of humanity to learn.
The movement of the stream is distinct from the river bed, although it must adopt its winding course.