History Is The Long, Difficult

Obstinacy Is The Result Of The Will Forcing Itself Into The Place Of The Intellect.

To Desire Immortality For The Individual Is Really The Same As Wanting To Perpetuate An Error Forever.

The Common Man Is Not Concerned About The Passage Of Time, The Man Of Talent Is Driven By It.

Genius And Madness Have Something In Common: Both Live In A World That Is Different From That Which Exists For Everyone Else.

The Charlatan Takes Very Different Shapes According To Circumstances; But At Bottom He Is A Man Who Cares Nothing About Knowledge For Its Own Sake, And Only Strives To Gain The Semblance Of It That He May Use It For His Own Personal Ends, Which Are Always Selfish And Material.