Then, without realizing it, you try to improve yourself at the start of each new day; of course, you achieve quite a lot in the course of time. Anyone can do this, it costs nothing and is certainly very helpful. Whoever doesn't know it must learn and find by experience that a quiet conscience makes one strong.

And you can always, always, give kindness

I simply can't build my hopes on a foundation of confusion, misery and death... I think... peace and tranquillity will return again.

Up till now I always thought bickering was just something children did and they outgrew it. Of course, there's sometimes a reason to have a 'real' quarrel, but the verbal exchanges that take place here are just plain bickering. I should be used to the fact that these squabbles are daily occurrences, but I'm not and never will be as long as I'm the subject of nearly every discussion. (They refer to these as 'discussions instead of 'quarrels', but Germans don't know the difference!)

The young are not afraid of telling the truth.

We can't control our destiny, but we can control who we become.

Whoever doesn't know it must learn and find by experience that a quiet conscience makes one strong.