Would you require a wretched being, whose life is slowly wasting under a lingering disease, to despatch himself at once by the stroke of a dagger? Does not the very disorder which consumes his strength deprive him of the courage to effect his deliverance?

Begin by instructing yourself, then you will receive instruction from others.

To know where a thing is we must have found it.

Thus one can observe that those who proclaim piety as their goal and purpose usually turn into hypocrites.

Someday perhaps the inner light will shine forth from us, and the we'll need no other light.

The history of mankind is his character.

Who strives always to the utmost, him can we save.