“Charity does not mean doing good to him who does good to you, for this is to return good for good. Charity means that you should do good to him who does you harm”
“Perhaps it is impossible for a person who does no good not to do harm.”
“Every other knowledge is harmful to him who does not have knowledge of goodness.”
“You speak of doing good to the world. Is the world such a small thing? And who are you, pray, to do good to the world? First realise God, see Him by means of spiritual discipline. If He imparts power you can do good to others; otherwise not.”
“The future belongs to the competent. It belongs to those who are very, very good at what they do. It does not belong to the well-meaning.”
“What good does it do you to love?”