The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.
Interpretation
A true gentleman demonstrates respect and kindness to everyone, regardless of their utility or status.
This quote emphasizes the importance of moral character and respect in relationships. It suggests that a person's true quality is revealed in how they treat those who do not serve a purpose for them, highlighting the value of humility and integrity in human interactions.
In practice
This quote can be shared in a business seminar about leadership and ethics.
Real happiness is not dependent on external things. The pond is fed from within. The kind of happiness that stays with you is the happiness that springs from inward thoughts and emotions. You must cultivate your mind if you wish to achieve enduring happiness.
Life, with all it's sorrows, cares, perplexities and heart-breaks, is more interesting than bovine placidity, hence more desirable. The more interesting it is, the happier it is.
I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget.
The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded on fallacy. The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts, and we grow happier as we grow older.
Whenever it is possible, a boy should choose some occupation which he should do even if he did not need the money.
You can be deprived of your money, your job and your home by someone else, but remember that no one can ever take away your honor.
He didn't mind how he looked to other people, because the nursery magic had made him Real, and when you are Real shabbiness doesn't matter.
Whenever you see a board up with "Trespassers will be prosecuted," trespass at once.
Jane Eyre "I desired more...than was within my reach. Who blames me? Many call me discontented. I couldn't help it: the restlessness is in my nature; it agitated me to pain sometimes.
When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.
There will be no war, but in the pursuit of principle no stone will be left standing.
In here, the human bosom -- mine, yours, everybody's -- there isn't just one soul. There's a lot of souls. But there are two main ones, the real soul and a pretender soul. Now! Every man realizes that he has to love something or somebody. He feels that he must go outward. 'If thou canst not love, what art thou?' Are you with me?
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