Every man who rises above the common level has received two educations: the first from his teachers; the second, more personal and important, from himself. ↗
I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinions of himself than on the opinions of others. ↗
It would do the world good if every man would compel himself occasionally to be absolutely alone. Most of the world s progress has come out of such loneliness. ↗