Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.

Ill-digested principles are, if anything, worse than ill-digested food, for the latter harms the body and there is cure for it, whereas the former ruins the soul and there is no cure for it.

Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.

Be happy your way, with your means. It’s foolish to be unhappy trying to be happy in the ways of other people.