“It is a grand thing to see a man thoroughly possessed with one master-passion. Such a man is sure to be strong, and if the master-principle be excellent, he is sure to be excellent, too.”

“Money is in some respects like fire; it is a very excellent servant but a terrible master.”

“An excellent master is always better than an excellent law. Let your laws be ever so good, if the lawmakers are bad, all will come to nothing.”

“I never excelled at one sport or had a very strong passion for anything other than wrestling and bodybuilding.”

“Sometimes important meetings happen by chance. Learn to appreciate time, excellent master of life.”

“Many who are self-taught far excel the doctors, masters, and bachelors of the most renowned universities.”

“Man acts as though he were the shaper and master of language, while in fact language remains the master of man.”

“It is excellent for a man to be simple in his tastes, to avoid extravagance, to own no possessions, to entertain no craving for worldly success.”

“It is the destiny of our race to become united into one great body, thoroughly connected in all its parts, and possessed of similar culture. Nature, and even the passions and vices of Man, have from the beginning tended towards this end. A great part of the way towards it is already passed, and we may surely calculate that it will in time be reached.”

“In the human figure as it approaches perfection… is contained the sure guide for the determination of all true principles of design. …it was because the ancient Greeks… realized this truth that they excelled all others in art.”