"The vocation of every man and woman is to serve other people."

"The general of the army is the last man to know what is going on."

"Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy."

"I sit on a man's back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by all possible means—except by getting off his back."

"One can live magnificently in this world if one knows how to work and how to love."