“Every man looks out for himself, and he has the happiest life who manages to hoodwink himself best of all.”

“A monk is a man who considers himself one with all men because he seems constantly to see himself in every man. ”

“What every man looks for in life is his own salvation and the salvation of the men he lives with. By salvation I mean first of all the full discovery of who he himself really is.”

“Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to his advantage.”

“Man is a fallen star till he is right with heaven: he is out of order with himself and all around him till he occupies his true place in relation to God. When he serves God, he has reached that point where he doth serve himself best, and enjoys himself most. It is man's honour, it is man's joy, it is man's heaven, to live unto God.”

“Every honest man lives for himself. Every man worth calling a man lives for himself. The one who doesn't - doesn't live at all.”