Glory is largely a theatrical concept. There is no striving for glory without a vivid awareness of an audience.

It still holds true that man is most uniquely human when he turns obstacles into opportunities.

Action can give us the feeling of being useful, but only words can give us a sense of weight and purpose.

Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless.

Ideas have significance for him only as a prelude to action.

Retribution often means that we eventually do to ourselves what we have done unto others.

The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbor as ourselves: we do unto others as we do unto ourselves. We hate others when we hate ourselves. We are tolerant toward others when we tolerate ourselves. We forgive others when we forgive ourselves. We are prone to sacrifice others when we are ready to sacrifice ourselves.