“A lifetime spent in the study of the history of societies since the dawn of mankind presumably inclined him to skepticism and misgivings in regard to any great scheme, religious or political, that set out to create universal happiness in one fell swoop; what it was more likely to create, in his opinion, was universal misery; and his faith in heaven-sent saviors was hardly greater.”
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“Read as if you'll live forever. Teach as if you'll die today.”
“The master's view from the valley is greater than the student's view from the mountaintop.”
“Scholars are the world's candles, sages are the universe's stars.”
“A master sees more than his students, even when his eyes are closed.”
“A master with one disciple is greater than a charlatan with a million.”