The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts. Book V

Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising.  A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

It is never until one realizes that one means something to others that one feels there is any point or purpose in one's own existence. Beware of Pity

I have no objection to any person's religion, be it what it may, so long as that person does not kill or insult any other person, because that other person don't believe it also. But when a man's religion becomes really frantic; when it is a positive torment to him; and, in fine, makes this earth of ours an uncomfortable inn to lodge in; then I think it high time to take that individual aside and argue the point with him. Moby Dick