"No nation has produced anything like his..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“A ruddy drop of manly bloodThe surging sea outweighs;The world uncertain comes and goes,The lover rooted stays.”

“What torments of grief you endured, from evils that never arrived”

“Wild liberty breeds iron conscience; natures with great impulses have great resources, and return from far.”

“A genius may perhaps be a century ahead of his age and hence stands there as a paradox, but in the end, the race will assimilate what was once a paradox, so it is no longer paradoxical.”

“Some burn damp faggots, others may consumeThe entire combustible world in one small roomAs though dried straw, and if we turn aboutThe bare chimney is gone black outBecause the work had finished in that flare.”

“Behind a remarkable scholar we not infrequently find an average human being, and behind an average artist we often find a very remarkable human being.”

“An ignorance of means may minister to greatness, but an ignorance of aims make it impossible to be great at all.”

“Sire, you are looking at a plain man, and I am looking at a great man. Each of us may benefit.”

“Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve.”