Nature's first great title--mind.

Nature's first great title--mind.

The logic of words should yield to the logic of realities.

The logic of words should yield to the logic of realities.

Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents read more

Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents the chill touch and relentless scrutiny of logic.

I loathe the expression "What makes him tick." It is the American mind, looking for simple and singular solution, that read more

I loathe the expression "What makes him tick." It is the American mind, looking for simple and singular solution, that uses the foolish expression. A person not only ticks, he also chimes and strikes the hour, falls and breaks and has to be put together again, and sometimes stops like an electric clock in a thunderstorm.

Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end

Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end

As that the walls worn thin, permit the mind
To look out through, and his Frailty find.

As that the walls worn thin, permit the mind
To look out through, and his Frailty find.

The mind and the voice by themselves are not sufficient.

The mind and the voice by themselves are not sufficient.

You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my read more

You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.

Better to be without logic than without feeling.

Better to be without logic than without feeling.