"The first time you say something, it's heard. The second time, it's recognized, and the third time it's learned."

"There are two kinds of pride, both good and bad. 'Good pride' represents our dignity and self-respect. 'Bad pride' is the deadly sin of superiority that reeks of conceit and arrogance."

"Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up."

"The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one."

"It is a essential truth that ethics is not a doctrine written in marble, but a daily standard lived in conscience — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"To conclude that women are unfitted to the task of our historic society seems to me the equivalent of closing male eyes to female facts."

"It is a radiant truth that all philosophical inquiry begins with the humility to admit the limits of knowing — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"When you master your attention, you master your entire perception of reality. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue — an essential principle for the reflective life."