“There is no limit to the power of the human mind. The more concentrated it is, the more power is brought to bear on one point”
“The heart is what is important." There is nothing more vulnerable, nothing more corruptible than the human mind; nor is there anything as powerful, steadfast and ennobling.”
“The less the mind understands and the more things it perceives, the greater its power of feigning is; and the more things it understands, the more that power is diminished.”
“An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, a power to destroy; because there is a limit beyond which no institution and no property can bear taxation.”
“The powers of the mind are like the rays of the sun when they are concentrated they illumine.”
“The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.”