But it is possible, it is possible: the old grief, by a great mystery of human life, gradually passes into quiet, tender joy; instead of young, ebullient blood comes a mild, serene old age: I bless the sun's rising each day and my heart sings to it as before, but now I love its setting even more, its long slanting rays, and with them quiet, mild, tender memories, dear images from the whole of a long and blessed life--and over all is God's truth, moving, reconciling, all-forgiving!

Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it.

Only to live, to live and live! Life, whatever it may be!

Destroy my desires, eradicate my ideals, show me something better, and I will follow you.

The meanest and most hateful thing about money is that it even gives one talent.

For broad understanding and deep feeling, you need pain and suffering.

One can tell a child everything, anything. I have often been struck by the fact that parents know their children so little. They should not conceal so much from them. How well even little children understand that their parents conceal things from them, because they consider them too young to understand! Children are capable of giving advice in the most important matters.