“The confidence which we have in ourselves gives birth to much of that which we have in others.”
“All of us have two educations; one which we receive from others; another and more valuable; which we give ourselves.”
“It is in books, poems, paintings which often give us the confidence to take seriously feelings in ourselves that we might otherwise never have thought to acknowledge.”
“We are usually convinced more easily by reasons we have found ourselves than by those which have occurred to others.”
“Imagine if we applied as much grace to others as we give ourselves & as much law to ourselves as we apply to others.”
“We scatter small parts of ourselves as we journey through life, pieces that are stored by others and about which we may have no memory.”