How futile are words in the ears of those who mourn.

We the living, should not think of the dead as lonely because if they could speak to us, they would say: "Do not weep for me, earth was not my true country, I was an alien there: I am at Home where everyone comes."

Making a mistake is falling down; failure is not getting up again.

We cannot freely and wisely choose the right way for ourselves unless we know both good and evil.

Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight. True education combines intellect, beauty, goodness, and the greatest of these is goodness. When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

Doubts and mistrust are the mere panic of timid imagination, which the steadfast heart will conquer, and the large mind transcend.