Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.

Thou shalt abstain, Renounce, refrain.

Riches amassed in haste will diminish; but those collected by hand and little by little will multiply.

The light is there, and colors surround us. However, if there were no light nor colors in our own eye, we wouldn't perceive such things outside of us.

I bid the chords sweet music make, And all must follow in my wake.

Why look for conspiracy when stupidity can explain so much

Quite often, as life goes on, when we feel completely secure as we go on our way, we suddenly notice that we are trapped in error, that we have allowed ourselves to be taken in by individuals, by objects, have dreamt up an affinity with them which immediately vanishes before our waking eye; and yet we cannot tear ourselves away, held fast by some power that seems incomprehensible to us. Sometimes, however, we become fully aware and realize that error as well as truth can move and spur us on to action.