“Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.”

“You need to know things the others don't know. It's what no one knows about you that allows you to know yourself.”

“When you try to talk about yourself, you dont know who you are, or what your like, or what your like to other people. And the moment you do it's a formula for yourself, and then you're imitating yourself, and then nobody likes you and they dont know why.”

“You can know all there is to know about life and mankind, but what do you really know about yourself?”

“Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is what you are, reputation merely what others think you are.”

“You understand it's not a matter of strategy. I'm not talking about secrets or deceptions. I'm talking about being yourself. If you reveal everything, bare every feeling, ask for understanding, you lose something crucial to your sense of yourself. You need to know things the others don't know. It's what no one knows about you that allows you to know yourself.”