“Every man is his own ancestor, and every man is his own heir. He devises his own future, and he inherits his own past.”

“Every man is his own ancestor, and every man is his own heir. He devises his own future, and he inherits his own past.”

“Dreaming is an act of pure imagination, attesting in all men a creative power, which if it were available in waking, would make every man a Dante or Shakespeare.”