Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach read more

Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky.

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.

A person having more knowledge will have an impressive frame of mind, whereas a person having wisdom will have an read more

A person having more knowledge will have an impressive frame of mind, whereas a person having wisdom will have an expressive frame of mind.

There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face.

There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face.

The march of the human mind is slow.

The march of the human mind is slow.

They received the use of the five operations of the Lord and in
the sixth place he imparted them read more

They received the use of the five operations of the Lord and in
the sixth place he imparted them understanding, and in the
seventh speech, an interpreter of the cogitations thereof.

When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses, then it read more

When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses, then it had missed the point.

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.

The source of genius is imagination alone, . . . the refinement of the senses that sees what others do read more

The source of genius is imagination alone, . . . the refinement of the senses that sees what others do not see, or sees them differently.