If we had not winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.

When the world pushes you to your knees, you’re in the perfect position to pray.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

May your troubles be less and your blessings be more.

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that setbacks and griefs which endure help us in our march forward.

Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.

Eat to live, and not live to eat.

Our life does not develop as a result of chance, but as a result of causes.

Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are.

Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young.

To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.

Do not feel certain of anything.

Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death.