Circumstances don't make the man, they only reveal him to himself.

In life our first job is this, to divide and distinguish things into two categories: externals I cannot control, but the choices I make with regard to them I do control. Where will I find good and bad? In me, in my choices.

Do not seek to bring things to pass in accordance with your wishes, but wish for them as they are, and you will find them.

All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.

You have been given your own work to do. Get to it right now, do your best at it, and don't be concerned with who is watching you. Create your own merit.

It is not my place in society that makes me well off, but my judgements, and these I can carry with me... These alone are my own and cannot be taken away.

You are but an appearance, and not absolutely the thing you appear to be.