What is man born for but to be a Reformer, a Remaker of what man has made? A renouncer of lies; a restorer of truth and good? Imitating that great Nature which embossoms us all, and which sleeps no moment on an old past, but every hour repairs herself, yielding us every morning a new day, with every breath a new life?

The only thing grief has taught me is to know how shallow it is.

In order for one to learn the important lessons of life, one must first overcome a fear each day.

The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye.

Before a leaf-bud has burst, its whole life acts; in the full-blown flower there is no more; in the leafless root there is no less.

I dip my pen in the blackest ink, because I'm not afraid of falling into my inkpot.

He who has acquired the ability, may wait securely the occasion of making it felt and appreciated, and know that it will not loiter.