December 20, 2008
Superior intellects are only drawn out into society by the action of those inducements which society holds for them. If, therefore, there are any who are above the solicitation of wealth, honor, and influence, and who can laugh ever at the love of Fame, the last infirmity of noble minds, there will be nothing left worth offering them, to attract them from their solitude; they must pass on through their discipline and education of life, unsympathized with, unknown, or perhaps, ignorantly despised. Thus the archangels pass among us unseen, for, if known, they could not be appreciated, and having faculties and energies which our organs can never measure, it is better that we never meet.
Emerson - Journals Volume I
Posted by amin at December 20, 2008 4:37 PM