"Stay at home in your mind. Don't..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Genius is always sufficiently the enemy of genius by over influence. The literature of every nation bear me witness. The English dramatic poets have Shakspearized now for two hundred years.”

“It is better to be a thorn in the side of a friend than an echo.”

“Strong men greet war, tempest, hard times. They wish, as Pindar said, to tread the floors of hell, with necessities as hard as iron.”

“I have met 18 million youth, and each wants to be unique.”

“Build your own pyramids, write your own hieroglyphs.”

“Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.”

“Think for yourself, or others will think for you without thinking of you.”

“It were not best that we should all think alike.”

“A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought.”