C'est véritablement utile puisque c'est joli. It is truly useful since it is beautiful. - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

What I see here is nothing but a shell. What is most important is invisible...

Once it was believed that to bring these creatures to manhood it was enough to feed them, clothe them, and look to their everyday needs; but we see now that the result of this has been to turn out petty shopkeepers, village politicians, hollow technicians devoid of an inner life.

It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself rightly, then you are indeed a man of true wisdom.