He only fears men who does not know them, and he who avoids them will soon misjudge them.

When we treat man as he is, we make him worse than he is; when we treat him as if he already were what he potentially could be, we make him what he should be.

The man who acts never has any conscience; no one has any conscience but the man who thinks

It is opposition that makes us productive.

For what one has in black and white, One can carry home in comfort.

Every situation--nay, every moment--is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity.

A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.