“We measure everything by ourselves with almost a necessary conceit.”
“All our lives we measure ourselves based on our height, but during a crisis we should measure ourselves in-depth.”
“The measure of a man's culture is the measure of his appreciation. We are ourselves what we appreciate and no more.”
“We will discover nothing if we bind ourselves to accepted wisdoms. Questioning is necessary for discovery.”
“Not the measure of words is necessary, but their meaning.”
“Repentance means unlearning all the self-conceit and self-will that we have been training ourselves into... It means killing part of yourself, undergoing a kind of death.”