“Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.”

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain.

No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.

When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.

Knowledge is love and light and vision.

What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.