I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why, - William Hazlitt

He understands the texture and meaning of the visible universe, and 'sees into the life of things,' not by the help of mechanical instruments, but of the improved exercise of his faculties, and an intimate sympathy with Nature. The meanest thing is not lost upon him, for he looks at it with an eye to itself, not merely to his own vanity or interest, or the opinion of the world. Even where there is neither beauty nor use — if that ever were — still there is truth, and a sufficient source of gratification in the indulgence of curiosity and activity of mind. The humblest printer is a true scholar; and the best of scholars - the scholar of Nature.

Violent antipathies are always suspicious, and betray a secret affinity.

He was a hero, that is, he was ready to sacrifice his own life for the pleasure of destroying thousands of other lives.