The master who loved most of all, endured the most and proved his love by his endurance.

Love is a tender plant; when properly nourished, it becomes sturdy and enduring, but neglected it will soon wither and die.

Notable characters do not alone bear trouble; they use it.

Every man is a diary in which he writes one story while intending to write another. His humblest moment is when he compares the two

I should not like to contemplate an existence, especially one that is going to continue forever, if I could not enjoy that existence with those whom I love. And so we build temples in the name of the Lord.

If you are to be among the noble you must be noble. If you are to be among the wise, you must be wise, if you would be among the pure in heart, you must be pure in heart.

Seek the truth in all fields, and in that search you will need at least three virtues: courage, zest and modesty. The ancients put that thought in the form of a prayer. They said, “From the cowardice that shrinks from new truth, from the laziness that is content with half truth, from the arrogance that thinks it has all truth – O God of truth, deliver us.