What we agree with leaves us inactive, but contradiction makes us productive.

Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.

What reason would grope for in vain, spontaneous impulse ofttimes achieves at a stroke, with light and pleasureful guidance.

Everywhere, we learn only from those whom we love.

The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. Whatever you think you can do, or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, power and grace.

What is the destiny of man, but to fill up the measure of his sufferings, and to drink his allotted cup of bitterness?

This is the true measure of love, When we believe that we alone can love, That no one could ever have loved so before us, And that no one will ever love in the same way after us.