He does not praise himself - yet he is respectable.
“Seek not happiness too greedily and be not fearful of happiness.”
“A good manager is best when people barely know that he exists. Not so good when people obey and acclaim him. Worse when they despise him.”
“The words of truth are always paradoxical.”
“To belittle, you have to be little.”
“Whatever authority I may have rests solely on knowing how little I know.”
“Submit your sentiments with diffidence. A dictatorial style, though it may carry conviction, is always accompanied with disgust.”
“A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.”
“Find yourself by losing yourself for others.”
“In our concern for others, we worry less about ourselves.”