Who you are in public is a test of your conviction; who you are in private, integrity.

Treat people like people. Beware of pity and patronization because in them, you can't see when you're unashamedly looking down on someone.

I do not much trust the man who cares solely to inspire - he does not really inspire me - only the man who cares mostly to tell the truth, whatever that may do. For when the man who cares to tell the truth happens to inspire, I, in addition, find it easier to believe that he in fact does his homework on how and when one should truly inspire.