A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men.

Duty, honor, country. Those three hallowed words dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.

Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.

If it is any use to know it, I always try to write on the principle of the iceberg. There is seven-eighths of it under water for every part that shows.

People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.

The best index to a person’s character is how he treats people who can’t do him any good, and how he treats people who can’t fight back.

People think that a liar gains a victory over his victim. What I've learned is that a lie is an act of self-abdication, because one surrenders one's reality to the person to whom one lies, making that person one's master, condemning oneself from then on to faking the sort of reality that person's view requires to be faked.

When we practice loving kindness and compassion we are the first ones to profit.

Benevolence is man’s mind, and righteousness is man’s path.

We must each lead a way of life with self-awareness and compassion, to do as much as we can. Then, whatever happens we will have no regrets.

Let’s rise above this animalistic behavior and be kind to one another.

The people turn to a benevolent rule as water flows downwards, and as wild beasts fly to the wilderness.

If everyone were clothed with integrity, if every heart were just, frank, kindly, the other virtues would be well-nigh unless, since their chief purpose is to make us bear with patience the injustice of our fellows.