“People are so constituted that everybody would rather undertake what they see others do, whether they have an aptitude for it or not.”

The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it.

Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.

Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.

Mountains cannot be surmounted except by winding paths.

Great talent finds happiness in execution.

Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live.

A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.

In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply.