“By nature man hates change; seldom will he quit his old home till it has actually fallen around his ears.”

Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance.

This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle; wonderful, inscrutable, magical and more, to whosoever will think of it.

Do not be embarrassed by your mistakes. Nothing can teach us better than our understanding of them. This is one of the best ways of self-education.

Silence is deep as Eternity, Speech is shallow as Time.

The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls…

Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers you.

This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible value to him.

The price of greatness is responsibility.