True up-bringing is restricted to two types of welfare; the welfare of the body and that of the mind.

The West for me means ambition, the East contentment. My heart is ever in one, my soul in the other.

What is life without its angles of difficulty and defeat, and its tip of triumph and power?

You teacher, teach your pupils freedom in thought and deed, honesty in thought and deed, and tolerance in thought and deed.

Like matter itself, an ideal is mutable, but indestructible. It does not die; it only undergoes a change.

Foreign culture is as necessary to the spirit of a nation as is foreign commerce to its industries.

Training the will in trivial and grave matters increases its strength and flexibility, and enables man to constantly strive and persevere.