We feed on genius; great men exist that there might be greater men.

Great men are they who see that the spiritual is stronger than any material force

Misunderstood! It is a right fool's word. Is it so bad then to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.

The highest compact we can make with our fellow is: Let there be truth between us two forevermore

Knowledge exists to be imparted

The great man is not convulsible or tormentable, events pass over him without much impression