“Friend, have the courageTo care little for wealth, and shape yourself, You too, to merit godhead.”
“Be careful the environment you choose, for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.”
“If you show yourself, you will not be seen. If you affirm yourself, you will not shine. If you boast, you will have no merit. If you promote yourself, you will have no success.”
“Man's merit lieth in service and virtue and not in the pageantry of wealth and riches.”
“To forgive is not to forget. The merit lies in loving in spite of the vivid knowledge that one that must be loved is not a friend. There is not merit in loving an enemy when you forget him for a friend. ”
“Don't be too eager to rid yourself of your burdens. Your burdens are what shape you.”