I now know all the people worth knowing in America, and I find no intellect comparable to my own.

I accept the universe.

I am 'too fiery' : yet I wish to be seen as I am, and would lose all rather than soften away anything.

Man tells his aspiration in his God; but in his demon he shows his depth of experience; and casts light into the cavern through which he worked his cause up to…

When you tread water, you lift yourself up by pushing water down. Likewise, in any social hierarchy, people unsure of their own position will try to emphasize …

Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.

The most strongly enforced of all known taboos is the taboo against knowing who or what you really are behind the mask of your apparently separate, independent…