"Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can?"

"Let thoughts come and go like clouds across an undisturbed autumn sky. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"If our soldiers are not overburdened with money, it is not because they have a distaste for riches if their lives are not unduly long, it is not because they are disinclined to longevity."

"The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man."

"A great revolution in just one single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind."

"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other."

"Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable."

"If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my own success."