"Which demands a lot of himself and..." - Quote by Confucius

“A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. If you are generous, you will gain everything.”

“To learn and from time to time to apply what one has learned - isn't that a pleasure?”

“Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.”

“I warn young people that I interact with about this - you get into unrealistic expectations where you think that, "Oh, we're gonna eliminate racism like that. After Obama's elected how could there be any racism?".”

“I don't think that there's a hard-and-fast deadline. . . .What we have said all along is that this is not an open-ended process, we are not in this just to talk for talk's sake. . . . We expect prompt, concrete steps to be taken over the next couple of weeks.”

“Having everything your way is highly overrated.”

“Do not spill thy soul in running hither and yon, grieving over the mistakes and the vices of others. The one person whom it is most necessary to reform is yourself.”

“Conversion is not implanting eyes, for they exist already; but giving them a right direction, which they have not”

“Watch your actions, they become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your character.”