The Beginning Of My History

Religion Is Poetry, - Poetry Is Religion.

I Must Not Say What I Truly Think, Or You Will Tell Me I Flatter You-but I Can Only Speak What I Feel-and Very Often I Cannot Even Do That When The Feeling Is Very Deep.

What Was The Use Of Trying To Expound A Truth, If The Majority Preferred A Lie?

Imagination Is The Supreme Endowment Of The Poet And Romanticist. It Is A Kind Of Second Sight, Which Conveys The Owner Of It To Places He Has Never Seen, And Surrounds Him With Strange Circumstances Of Which He Is Merely The Spiritual Eyewitness.

There Is Nothing So Inconvenient In This World As An Absolutely Truthful Person, Who Can Both Speak And Write, And Has The Courage Of His Convictions. One Can Always Arrange Matters With Liars ... But With The Man Or Woman Who Holds Truth Dearer Than Life, And Honor More Valuable Than Advancement, There Is Nothing To Be Done, Now That Governments Cannot Insist On The Hemlock-cure, As In The Case Of Socrates.