What a frightful weapon is human thought! It is our defense and our safeguard, the most precious gift that God has made us. It is ours and it obeys us; we may launch it forth into space, but, once outside of our feeble brains, it is gone; we can no longer control it.
The Confession of a Child of the Century (Complete) (ed. Library of Alexandria, 1910) - ISBN: 9781465558398