Who said “What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the…”?

“Small service is true service, while it lasts.”

“One should be of service rather than be conspicuous.”

“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”

“One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.”

“Find a need and fill it.”

“The sovereignty of one's self over one's self is called Liberty.”

“Action is greater than writing. A good man is a nobler object of contemplation than a great author. There are but two things worth living for: to do what is worthy of being written; and to write what is worthy of being read; and the”

“Doubt, the essential preliminary of all improvement and discovery, must accompany the stages of man's onward progress. The faculty of doubting and questioning, without which those of comparison and judgment would be useless, is itself a divine prerogative of the reason.”

“That which causes us trials shall yield us triumph: and that which make our hearts ache shall fill us with gladness. The only true happiness is to learn, to advance, and to improve: which could not happen unless we had commence with error, ignorance, and imperfection. We must pass through the darkness, to reach the light.”

“He who endeavors to serve, to benefit, and improve the world, is like a swimmer, who struggles against a rapid current, in a river lashed into angry waves by the wind. Often they roar over his head, often they beat him back and baffle him. Most men yield to the stress of the current. Only here and there the stout, strong heart and vigorous arms struggle on towards ultimate success.”