"Intellectual tasting of life will not supersede..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Others can get in your way temporarily, but only you can get out of your way permanently. Our best thoughts come from others.”

“In the highest civilization, the book is still the highest delight. He who has once known its satisfactions is provided with a resource against calamity.”

“Shakespeare will never be made by the study of Shakespeare.”

“You can't think. You just have to do things.”

“Freedom is not a gift which can be enjoyed save by those shown themselves worthy of it.”

“Our culture teaches us that making significant changes takes a long time and is difficult to do. This is simply NOT true. Change happens in an instant. It is not a process - it is something you do in an instant by simply making a decision.”

“Culture implies all which gives the mind possession of its own powers, as languages to the critic, telescope to the astronomer. Culture alters the political status of an individual. It raises a rival royalty in a monarchy. 'Tis king against king. It is ever a romance of history in all dynasties--the co-presence of the revolutionary force in intellect. It creates a personal independence which the monarch cannot look down, and to which he must often succumb.”

“Strong currents drag many stones and bushes along with them, strong intellects many dense and muddled minds.”

“What is addressed to us for contemplation does not threaten us, but makes us intellectual beings.”