I bid him look into the lives of men as though into a mirror, and from others to take an example for himself.

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.

We ought not to let either our joy at their faults or our grief at their success be idle, but in either case we ought to reflect, how we may become better than them by avoiding their errors, and by imitating their virtues not come short of them.

I simply believe that some part of the human Self or Soul is not subject to the laws of space and time.

Not in the clamor of the crowded street, not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.

You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself.

None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.

I had long since taught myself to follow the inner voice. I delighted in submitting to it. To act against it would be difficult and painful to me.