Nay, in every epoch of the world, the great event, parent of all
others, is it not the arrival read more

Nay, in every epoch of the world, the great event, parent of all
others, is it not the arrival of a Thinker in the world?

Whatsoe'er thy birth,
Thou wert a beautiful thought and softly bodied forth.

Whatsoe'er thy birth,
Thou wert a beautiful thought and softly bodied forth.

The busiest of living agents are certain dead men's thoughts.

The busiest of living agents are certain dead men's thoughts.

Thought is borne of failure.

Thought is borne of failure.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

Never express yourself more clearly than you think.

Never express yourself more clearly than you think.

Great thoughts, like great deeds, need
No trumpet.

Great thoughts, like great deeds, need
No trumpet.

Ah! still awhile the old thought retain,
And yet consider it again!

Ah! still awhile the old thought retain,
And yet consider it again!

With curious art the brain, too finely wrought,
Preys on herself, and is destroyed by thought.

With curious art the brain, too finely wrought,
Preys on herself, and is destroyed by thought.