An empty day, though clear and bright, Is just as dark as any night.

If I read a book that impresses me, I have to take myself firmly by the hand, before I mix with other people; otherwise they would think my mind rather queer.

Memories mean more to me than dresses.

I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.

Sometimes I believe that God wants to try me, both now and later on; I must become good through my own efforts, without examples and without good advice.

I can't imagine how anyone can say: "I'm weak," and then remain so. After all, if you know it, why not fight against it, why not try to train your character? The answer was: "Because it's so much easier not to!

What one Christian does is his own responsibility, what one Jew does is thrown back at all Jews.