Confronted by outstanding merit, there is no way of saving one's ego except by love
Most pioneers are at the mercy of doubt at the beginning, whether of their worth, of their theories, or of the whole enigmatic field in which they labour.
One always has time enough, if one will apply it well.
Few people have the imagination for reality.
Nothing is worth more than this day.
No man learns to know his inmost nature by introspection, for he rates himself sometimes too low, and often too high, by his own measurement. Man knows himself only by comparing himself with other men; it is life that touches his genuine worth.