Great men, great nations, have not been boasters and buffoons, but perceivers of the terror of life, and have manned themselves to face it

Great men or men of great gifts you shall easily find, but symmetrical men never.

We feed on genius; great men exist that there might be greater men.

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force - that thoughts rule the world.

Great men are they who see that the spiritual is stronger than any material force

Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views which Cicero, which Locke, which Bacon, have given, forgetful that Cicero, Locke, and Bacon were only young men in libraries, when they wrote these books.