The most characteristic mark of a great mind is to choose some one important object, and pursue it for life. less than 1 minute read
When Religion and Royalty are swept away, the people will attack the great, and after the great, they will fall upon the rich. less than 1 minute read
The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the Great Whole, of whom they have a persistent intuition. less than 1 minute read
It is the mark of a great man that he puts to flight all ordinary calculations. He is at once sublime and touching, childlike and of the race of giants. less than 1 minute read
Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to give play to their heart. less than 1 minute read
I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way - things I had no words for. less than 1 minute read
A grocer is attracted to his business by a magnetic force as great as the repulsion which renders it odious to artists. less than 1 minute read
Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces. less than 1 minute read