The hero is he who is immovably centered.

The secret is the answer to all that has been, all that is, and all that will ever be.

The terrors of the child are quite reasonable, and add to his loveliness; for his utter ignorance and weakness, and his enchanting indignation on such a small basis of capital compel every bystander to take his part.

I shun father and mother and wife and brother, when my genius calls me.

A sage is the instructor of a hundred ages.

We boast our emancipation from many superstitions; but if we have broken any idols, it is through a transfer of idolatry.

In every company, there is not only the active and passive sex, but, in both men and women, a deeper and more important sex of mind, namely, the inventive or creative class of both men and women, and the uninventive or accepting class.