Men achieve a certain greatness unawares when working to another aim.
Where there is no vision a people perish.
Great genial power, one would almost say, consists in not being original at all; in being altogether receptive; in letting the world do all, and suffering the spirit of the hour to pass unobstructed through the mind.
Self-trust is the first secret of success.
Let the bird sing without deciphering the song.
Philanthropies and charities have a certain air of quackery.