A Concern With The Perfectibility Of Mankind

Writers Are Idolized Not Because They Love Their Fellow Men, Which Is Never A Recommendation And In Extreme Instances Leads To Crucifixion, But Because Their Self-love Is In Tune With Current Fears And Desires, And In Giving It Expression They Are Speaking For An Inarticulate Multitude.

The Public Mind [is] A Cloudy Region Where Only The Simplest Shapes Are Discerned With Any Accuracy.

Hamlet Is Every Man's Self-love With All Its Dreams Realized. He Wears All The Crowns And Carries Every Cross.

A Charlatan Makes Obscure What Is Clear; A Thinker Makes Clear What Is Obscure.

Most Of The Avoidable Suffering In Life Springs From Our Attempts To Escape The Unavoidable Suffering Inherent In The Fragmentary Nature Of Our Present Existence. We Expect Immortal Satisfactions From Mortal Conditions, And Lasting And Perfect Happiness In The Midst Of Universal Change. To Encourage This Expectation, To Persuade Mankind That The Ideal Is Realizable In This World, After A Few Preliminary Changes In External Conditions, Is The Distinguishing Mark Of All Charlatans, Whether In Thought Or Action.