There is in most souls a hunger for beauty, just as there is physical hunger. My veneration for Count Tolstoy is profound, yet I mention him here to show the grave danger that lies in allowing any man, even one of the wisest of men, to dictate to us what is best. We ourselves are the better judges. Most of the frightful cruelties inflicted upon men during the past have arisen simply out of a difference of opinion that arose through a difference in temperament. And concrete absurdity consists in saying that we must all do the same thing.
Most people are anxious to do what is best for themselves and least harmful to others.
War among nations and strife among individuals is a result of the covetous spirit to possess. Character is the result of two things, mental attitude and the way we spend our time. It is what we think and what we do that makes us what we are. If you work for a man, in heaven's name work for him. I think if I worked for a man, I would work for him.