The struggle of life is one of our greatest blessings. It makes us patient, sensitive, and Godlike. It teaches us that although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.

World peace will never come until the passion of supremacy is combated.

Happiness calls out responsive gladness in others. There is enough sadness in the world without yours ... never doubt the excellence and permanence of what is yet to be. Join the great company of those who make the barren places of life fruitful with kindness.

To keep our faces toward chance and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable.

The test of all beliefs is their practical effect in life. If it be true that optimism compels the world forward, and pessimism retards it, then it is dangerous to propagate a pessimistic philosophy.

The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse.

The civilization of a state should be measured by the amount of suffering it prevents and the degree of happiness it makes possible for its citizens.