“ We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves. ”

“ If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away. ”

“ Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. ”

“ Make the most of yourself....for that is all there is of you. ”

“ The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. ”

“ Make your own Bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in all your readings have been to you like the blast of a trumpet. ”

“ Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood. ”

“ To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. ”

“ Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning. ”

“ The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. ”

“ Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight. ”

“ Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. ”