A thought, even a possibility, can shatter and transform us.

A thought, even a possibility, can shatter and transform us

Genius depends on dry air, on clear skies -- that is, on rapid metabolism, on the possibility of drawing again and again on great, even tremendous quantities of strength.

But one thing is the thought, another thing is the deed, and another thing is the idea of the deed. The wheel of causality doth not roll between them.

Scholars spend all of their energies on saying Yes and No, on criticism of what others have thought -- they themselves no longer think.

The thought of suicide is a great source of comfort; with it a calm passage is to be made across many a bad night.