I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.

In a word, each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.

Conquer yourself rather than the world.

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

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

The true worth is not to be found in man himself, but in the colors and texture that come alive in others.

Let us affirm what seems to be the truth, that, whether one is or is not, one and the others in relation to themselves and one another, all of them, in every way, are and are not, and appear to be and appear not to be.

The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases. Each of us carries his own life-form—an indeterminable form which cannot be superseded by any other.

Only when we realize that there is no eternal, unchanging truth or absolute truth can we arouse in ourselves a sense of intellectual responsibility.

The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.

Self-distrust is the cause of most of our failures. In the assurance of strength, there is strength, and they are the weakest, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their own powers.

Never was a government that was not composed of liars, malefactors and thieves.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily based on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts of justice and police.

He who does not trust enough, will not be trusted.