We are born into this world unarmed---our mind is our only weapon.

We are born into this world unarmed---our mind is our only weapon.

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.

Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds.

Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds.

The cultivation of the mind is a kind of food supplied for the
soul of man.
[Lat., Animi read more

The cultivation of the mind is a kind of food supplied for the
soul of man.
[Lat., Animi cultus quasi quidam humanitatis cibus.]

Sublimity is the echo of a noble mind.

Sublimity is the echo of a noble mind.

Measure your mind's height by the shade it casts.

Measure your mind's height by the shade it casts.

Thinking men cannot be ruled.

Thinking men cannot be ruled.

I not only use all the brains I have, but all that I can borrow.

I not only use all the brains I have, but all that I can borrow.

The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism.

The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism.