Either you think -- or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline read more

Either you think -- or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you.

There could be no honor in a sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat.

There could be no honor in a sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat.

A mistake is simply another way of doing things.

A mistake is simply another way of doing things.

Let's not quibble! I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a read more

Let's not quibble! I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-hard whose identity is lost in the shuffle, "I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.".

Dignity belongs to the conquered.

Dignity belongs to the conquered.

Time ripens all things; no man is born wise.

Time ripens all things; no man is born wise.

To me the charm of an encyclopedia is that it knows and I needn't.

To me the charm of an encyclopedia is that it knows and I needn't.

It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.

It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.

Be humble, if thou would'st attain to Wisdom. Be humbler still, when Wisdom thou hast mastered. -Helena Petrova Blavatsky.

Be humble, if thou would'st attain to Wisdom. Be humbler still, when Wisdom thou hast mastered. -Helena Petrova Blavatsky.