Mastery passes often for egotism.

The experiences show us just as we are; they make us see our own defects.

There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at.

To measure up to all that is demanded of him, a man must overestimate his capacities

There is no crime of which I do not deem myself capable.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

Why should we not recognize in the lightning, the thunder, and the storm wind, the approach of an overwhelming Power, and in the scent of flowers and the gently rustling zephyr the presence of a Being full of love?