If I were to envy any persons on this planet, it would be mountain hermits. You often hear old platitudes such as, 'Speak out. Be heard.' On the contrary, a breath of fresh air would be something like: 'Silence, think for at least 15 minutes, and then maybe speak out.

Of course, in our train of thought, we would all like to think we're on the right track, or at least the same railroad company as the right track.

You have to lift a person up before you can really put them in their place.

If ever you feel like an animal among men be a lion.

If the entire world sought to make itself worthy of happiness rather than make itself happy, then the entire world would be happy.

Trustful people are the pure at heart, as they are moved by the zeal of their own trustworthiness.

...There are also those who inadvertently grant power to another man's words by continuously trying to spite him. If a man gets to the point where he can simply say, 'The sky is blue,' and people indignantly rush up trying to refute him saying, 'No, the sky is light blue,' then, whether they realize it or not, he has become an authority figure even to such adversaries.