“from self-complacency, and therefore he acquires superiority.”

“from self-assertion, and therefore he is distinguished;”

“He is free from self- display, and therefore he shines;”

“He had not even the self-complacency that enables stupid people to accept their mediocrity with unction; he had on the contrary an engaging modesty.”

“he who is self-conceited has no superiority allowed to him.”

“Monks congregate like dogs in a kennel,From contact with their superiors they acquire knowledge,Is one the course of the wind, is one the water of the sea?Is one the spark of the fire, of unrestrainable tumult?Monks congregate like wolves,From contact with their superiors they acquire knowledge.They know not when the deep night and dawn divide.Nor what is the course of the wind, or who agitates it,In what place it dies away, on what land it roars.”