We prefer to go deformed and distorted all our lives rather than not resemble the portrait of ourselves which we ourselves have first drawn. It’s absurd. We run the risk of warping what’s best in us

Fear of ridicule begets the worst cowardice.

Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself- and thus make yourself indispensable.

The belief that becomes truth for me... is that which allows me the best use of my strength, the best means of putting my virtues into action.

The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.

Laws and rules of conduct are for the state of childhood; education is an emancipation.

It is not always by plugging away at a difficulty and sticking to it that one overcomes it; often it is by working on the one next to it. Some things and some people have to be approached obliquely, at an angle.