"Man is what he believes."

"The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for."

"A girl who has been less used to merge her own existence in that of another."

"Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure."

"Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody."

"Indulge your imagination in every possible flight."

"There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature."

"Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us."

"Life itself is your teacher, and you are in a state of constant learning."

"For it is easy to criticize and break down the spirit of others, but to know yourself takes a lifetime."

"Reality is apparent when one ceases to compare."

"Don't strive to become, but be."

"It is the life of perfection which seems to be incomplete, and of fullness which seems to be empty."

"The second-hand artist blindly following his sensei or sifu accepts his pattern. As a result, his action, and more importantly, his thinking, become mechanical."

"Research your own experience; absorb what is useful, reject what is useless and add what is essentially your own."