I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather....In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated, and a person is humanized or is dehumanized.

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

Ye great teachers: listen to what you say!

If you start to think of your physical and moral condition, you usually find that you are sick.

It is always a sign of an unproductive time when it concerns itself with petty and technical aspects [in philology], and likewiseit is a sign of an unproductive person to pursue such trifles.

To create something you must be something.

A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.