Once I knew the depth where no hope was and darkness lay on the face of all things. Then love came and set my soul free.

When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.

When one door closes, another one opens, but sometimes we wait too long looking at the closed door, and never realize that another door has been opened.

A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships.

Faith is a mockery if it does not teach us that we can build a more complete and beautiful world.

It is not possible to refer a complex difficulty to a single cause.

Gullibility is the key to all adventures. The greenhorn is the ultimate victor in everything; it is he who gets the most out of life.