Fame — the aggregate of all the misunderstandings that collect around a new name. – Rainer Maria Rilke

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavor. – Henry David Thoreau

We would often be ashamed of our finest actions if the world understood all the motives which produced them. РFran̤ois VI de la Rochefoucault

If a man would move the world, he must first move himself. – Socrates