The great man is the man who can get himself made and who will
get himself made out of read more

The great man is the man who can get himself made and who will
get himself made out of anything he finds at hand.

Understanding is curing ignorance and curing ignorance is abolishing fear.

Understanding is curing ignorance and curing ignorance is abolishing fear.

There is a melancholy that stems from greatness.

There is a melancholy that stems from greatness.

If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time, insight into read more

If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time, insight into and understanding of many things.

That man scorches with his brightness, who overpowers inferior
capacities, yet he shall be revered when dead.
[Lat., read more

That man scorches with his brightness, who overpowers inferior
capacities, yet he shall be revered when dead.
[Lat., Urit enim fulgore suo qui praegravat artes
Intra se positas; extinctus amabitur idem.]

To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in spite of distances or thoughts read more

To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in spite of distances or thoughts expressed that can make life a garden.

I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what read more

I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.

For he that once is good, is ever great.

For he that once is good, is ever great.

Great men stand like solitary towers in the city of God.

Great men stand like solitary towers in the city of God.