The risks of liberty we must let everyone take; but the risks of ignorance and self-helplessness are another matter.
Belief in God meant belief in the old tribal idol called Jehovah; and I would not pretend I did not know whether it existed or not.
That is what all the poets do: they talk to themselves outloud and the world overhears them. But it's horribly lonely not to hear someone else talk sometimes.
People do not become great by doing great things. They do great things because they are great.
Man progresses in all things by resolutely making a fool of himself.
What man really wishes to do he will find a means of doing.
Heaven is the most angelically dull place in all creation
The most distinguished persons become more revolutionary as they grow older.
The truth sticks in our throats with all the sauces it is served with: it will never go down until we take it without any sauce at all.
I try to follow his example$$$ not to imitate him.