We will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds... A nation of men will for the first time exist, because each believes himself inspired by the Divine Soul which also inspires all men.

The difference between talent and genius is in the direction of the current: in genius, it is from within outward; in talent from without inward.

It is about your outlook towards life. You can either regret or rejoice.

Fear is cruel and mean.

Talents differ; all is well and wisely put; If I cannot carry forests on my back, Neither can you crack a nut.

There is also something excellent in every audience,--the capacity of virtue. They are ready to be beatified.

The essence of friendship is entireness, a total magnanimity and trust. It must not surmise or provide for infirmity. It treats its object as a god, that it might deify both.