“The darker the night, the brighter the stars.”

It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them — character, heart, generous qualities, progressive ideas.

Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn't calculate his happiness.

Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart.

The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.

Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.

The soul is healed by being with children.

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.