Jesus Christ belonged to the true race of the prophets. He saw with an open eye the mystery of the soul... Alone in all history he estimated the greatness of man. |
Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams. |
Knowledge comes by eyes always open and working hands; and there is no knowledge that is not power. |
Knowledge exists to be imparted |
Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know. |
Knowledge is the only elegance. |
Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone |
Language is fossil poetry |
Language is the archives of history |
Law rules throughout existence, a Law which is not intelligent, but Intelligence. |
Lawyers are a prudent race though not very fond of liberty |
Leave this hypocritical prating about the masses. Masses are rude, lame, unmade, pernicious in their demands and influence, and need not to be flattered, but to be schooled. I wish not to concede anything to them, but to tame, drill, divide, and break them up, and draw individuals out of them. |
Let a man then know his worth, and keep things under his feet. Let him not peep or steal, or skulk up and down with the air of a charity-boy, a bastard, or an interloper. |
Let every man shovel out his own snow and the whole city will be passable. |
Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. |