The more a man acts on his own, the more he develops himself. In large associations he is too prone to become merely an instrument.

It is almost more important how a person takes his fate than what it is. And the best way is with gratitude while trying to improve it for the good of others and themselves.

The government is best which makes itself unnecessary.

All translating seems to me to be simply an attempt to accomplish an impossible task.

Real inward devotion knows no prayer but that arising from the depths of its own feelings.

Life, in all ranks and situations, is an outward occupation, an actual and active work.

Joy mingled with sadness, even with grief, is the deepest human joy. It winds itself about the soul with indescribable sweetness, with a dim but unerring sense for what will some day be born of it.