We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

Compassion is the desire that moves the individual self to widen the scope of its self-concern to embrace the whole of the universal self.

The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.

Don't throw away the hero in your soul. Hold your highest hopes holy.

The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it.