“You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.” InspirationalMindBodyPeaceFreedomWiseIndependentChainsTortureProtestSelf DisciplineDeep ThoughtImprisonmentMind BodyIndependent Thought Book:Inspiring Thoughts Source: Inspiring Thoughts
“To the feudal aristocracy and the aristocracy of the spirit, nobility derives from diametrically opposite sources. The glory of the feudal aristocrat is in being a link in the longest possible chain of ancestors. The glory of the aristocrat of the spirit is in having no ancestors - or having as few as possible. If an artist is his own ancestor, if he has only descendents, he enters history as a genius; if he has few ancestors, or is related to them distantly, he enters history as a talent.” IfsInspirationalArtSpiritArtistLiteratureTalentSourceGeniusGloryOppositesChainsRelatedLinksAncestorNobilityAristocracy Author:Yevgeny Zamyatin