"Who strives always to the utmost, him..." - Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

“If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.”

“A leaf that is destined to grow large is full of grooves and wrinkles at the start. Now if one has no patience and wants it smooth offhand like a willow leaf, there is trouble ahead.”

“The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.”

“I tell you that as long as I can conceive something better than myself I cannot be easy unless I am striving to bring it into existence or clearing the way for it.”

“It is a striving to attain the best. To throttle it would mean to stop all progress. Certain men do not need to compete. They are pioneers.”

“A principle is a principle and in no case can it be watered down because of our incapacity to live it in practice. We have to strive to achieve it, and the striving should be conscious, deliberate and hard.”

“Purification is never for the selfishly idle, it accrues only to the selflessly industrious.”

“It is going to be tough if you look for the easy way out because very rarely is there an easy way out. There is nothing that replaces hard work.”

“What is once well done is done forever.”