The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without 'playing up' to anyone - even to himself.
Life engenders life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich.
A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.
Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.
When you close your doors, and make darkness within, remember never to say that you are alone, for you are not alone; nay, God is within, and your genius is within. And what need have they of light to see what you are doing?
There are admirable potentialities in every human being. Believe in your strength and your youth. Learn to repeat endlessly to yourself, 'It all depends on me.'
All movements go too far.