The great universal family of men is a utopia worthy of the most mediocre logic.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
All greatness of character is dependent on individuality. The man who has no other existence than that which he partakes in common with all around him, will never have any other than an existence of mediocrity.
I have a different idea of a universal. It is of a universal rich with all that is particular, rich with all the particulars there are, the deepening of each particular, the coexistence of them all.
Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good of that man at that time.
Families are great murderers of the creative impulse, particularly husbands.
It has been said that a man of genius should select his ancestors with great care - and yet there does not seem to be as much in heredity as most people think. The children of the great are often small.
Our notion of the perfect society embraces the family as its center and ornament, and this paradise is not secure until children appear to animate and complete the picture.
Life everlasting in a state of happiness is the greatest desire of all men.
Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
I don't know that it exists, the perfect family. It's always complicated.
Every one of us is a perfect human being, deformed by the family, the society and the culture.