对某些年青人来说，如果他可和高阶的长官有直接接触的话，人生的战役已赢了大半；而每一位年青人的远大目标应该是所做的事超出他的职责范围--所做的事可以吸引在上面注视着他的人的注意。
The battle of life is already half won by the young man who is brought personally in contact with high officials; and the great aim of every boy should be to do something beyond the sphere of his duties--something which attracts the attention of those who over him.
"La única manera de librarse de la tentación es caer en ella."
"There are two occasions when the sacred beauty of Creation becomes dazzlingly apparent, and they occur together. One is when we feel our mortal insufficiency to the world, and the other is when we feel the world's mortal insufficiency to us."
I write to understand the world, and to understand myself.