"A man's power to connect his thought..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“War educates the senses, calls into action the will, perfects the physical constitution, brings men into such swift and close collision in critical moments that man measures man.”

“Beauty is the moment of transition, as if the form were just ready to flow into other forms.”

“Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.”

“Speak with the language of love.”

“The one seeks a midwife to deliver his thoughts, the other, someone to assist: thus a good conversation comes into being.”

“It was a lone voice in the middle of the ocean, but it was heard at great depth and great distance.”

“An idea is a feat of association, and the height of it is a good metaphor.”

“Those great efforts of intellect, upon which the mind sometimes touches, are such that it cannot maintain itself there. It only leaps to them, not as upon a throne, forever, but merely for an instant.”

“The front aspect of great thoughts can only be enjoyed by those who stand on the side whence they arrive.”