"Every word we speak is million-faced or..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Let us even bid our dearest friends farewell, and defy them, saying, "Who are you? Unhand me: I will be dependent no more." Ah! seest thou not, O brother, that thus we part only to meet again on a higher platform, and only be more each other's, because we are more our own?”

“Human beings cannot endure the geological chaos they encounter under the soil of their own gardens.”

“Hence, the less government we have, the better,--the fewer laws, and the less confided power. The antidote to this abuse of formalGovernment, is, the influence of private character, the growth of the Individual; the appearance of the principal to supersede the proxy; the appearance of the wise man, of whom the existing government, is, it must be owned, but a shabby imitation.”

“Nobody did nothin' to nobody.”

“The form of a work of art, which gives speech to their thoughts and is, therefore, their mode of talking, is always somewhat uncertain, like all kinds of speech.”

“You practically do not use semicolons at all. This is a symptom of mental defectiveness, probably induced by camp life.”

“If all politicians fished instead of spoke publicly, we would be at peace with the world.”

“Know that a word suddenly shot from the tongue is like an arrow shot from the bow. Son, that arrow won't turn back on its way; you must damn the torrent at its source.”

“The only healthy communication style is assertive communication.”