It must be that a man who shuts himself up between four walls must lose the faculty of associating ideas and words.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
He that knows himself, knows others; and he that is ignorant of himself, could not write a very profound lecture on other men's heads.
When you have a nonverbal conversation with a total stranger, then he can't cover himself with words, he can't create a wall.
A young man must let his ideas grow, not be continually rooting them up to see how they are getting on.
A man can make himself put down what comes, even if it seems nauseating nonsense; tomorrow some of it may not seem wholly nonsense at all.
It's difficult to describe the weirdness of speaking to a man who appears to be perfectly in control of his faculties, who can deliver off-the-cuff repartee, and yet who is actually utterly disconnected from who he is.
When you use words loosely, without care and consideration, you erode trust in yourself and in what you're saying. When you squander words, you diminish your power.
The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple.
The great man who gives a true transcript of his mind fascinates and instructs. Most writers suppress individuality. They wish to please the public.
The four walls of paper are like a prison because every idea wants to spring out in all directions - everything is connected with everything else, sometimes more than others.
I am neither a writer nor a theorist. For a person who creates things to utter too many words means to regulate himself - a frightening prospect.