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Talk not of genius baffled, Genius is master of man. Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can.

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Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to the soul only for power to work. Genius is its own end, and draws its means and the style of its architecture from within.

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When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.

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There are one-story intellects, two-story intellects, and three-story intellects with skylights. All fact collectors with no aim beyond their facts are one-story men. Two-story men compare reason and generalize, using labors of the fact collectors as well as their own. Three-story men idealize, imagine, and predict. Their best illuminations come from above through the skylight.

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Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together.

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Man has responsibility, not power.

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The surest hindrance of success is to have too high a standard of refinement in our own minds, or too high an opinion of the judgment of the public. He who is determined not to be satisfied with anything short of perfection will never do anything to please himself or others.

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Our aspirations are our possibilities.

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Whatever you are, be a good one.

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Judge thyself with the judgment of sincerity, and thou will judge others with the judgment of charity.

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