The formation of one's character ought to be everyone's chief aim.
The one who acts is always without conscience; nobody has a conscience but the contemplative person.
It is ever true that he who does nothing for others, does nothing for himself." ~ Goethe
Battle not with monsters, for then you become one.
I know nothing more mocking than a devil that despairs.
The rose is wont with pride to swell, and ever seeks to rise.