“In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity”

“No one should part with their individuality and become that of another”

“Grandeur of character lies wholly in force of soul, that is, in the force of thought, moral principle, and love, and this may be found in the humblest condition of life”

“All that a man does outwardly is but the expression and completion of his inward thought. To work effectively, he must think clearly; to act nobly, he must think nobly”

“The more refined one is, the more unhappy”

“One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star”