Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.
Before you can do something, you must first be something.
Perseverance is a silent power that grows irresistibly greater with time.
Life teaches us to be less harsh with ourselves and with others.
I curse all negative purism that tells me not to use a word from another language that either expresses something that my own language cannot or does that in a more delicate manner.
All one needs to do is declare oneself free and one will immediately feel dependent. If you dare to declare yourself dependent, you feel independent.