"First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do."
"If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable."
"Don't put your purpose in one place and expect to see progress made somewhere else."
"As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters."
"Let all your efforts be directed to something, let it keep that end in view. It's not activity that disturbs people, but false conceptions of things that drive them mad."
"When you find your direction, check to make sure that it is the right one."
"Everything - a horse, a vine - is created for some duty... For what task, then, were you yourself created?"
"There is no enjoying the possession of anything valuable unless one has someone to share it with."
"I cannot call somebody ‘hard-working’ knowing only that they read and write. Even if ‘all night long’ is added, I cannot say it – not until I know the focus of all this energy."