Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
The great person never loses a childlike spirit.
Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
Those who follow the part of themselves which is great are great men; those who follow the part which is little are little men.
A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.