“The person who does not know how to put up with others should retire into himself, if indeed he can suffer even himself.”

“…but who can know the heart of a man? Not even he himself, I suspect. A man is the easiest animal to put on a leash, and the hardest to keep leashed. Even when he chooses it himself.”

“Opinions and criticism can influence and even make a difference when delivered in a good way and at the right time. He just needs to know how to put himself and others in his place.”

“There is a deep and "dialectic" duality facing every human being, which can be put this way: How is he to be entirely himself, and yet be fair to that world which he does not see as himself?”

“He who offends others, does not secure himself.”

“The strong man is he who knows how and is able to become and be himself; the magnanimous man is he who, being strong, knows how and is able to issue forth from himself, as from a fortress, to guide, protect, encourage, and save others.”

“The person who knows how to laugh at himself will never cease to be amused.”

“But how can he expect that others should
Build for him, sow for him, and at his call
Love him, who for himself will take no heed at all?”

“He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.”

“So this is how a person can come to despise himself-knowing he's doing the wrong thing and not being able to stop.”