Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolution.

Poverty is a veil that obscures the face of greatness. An appeal is a mask covering the face of tribulation.

Many a doctrine is like a window pane. We see truth through it but it divides us from truth.

Love is a gracious host to his guests though to the unbidden his house is a mirage and a mockery.

A truth is to be known always, to be uttered sometimes.

If my survival caused another to perish, then death would be sweeter and more beloved.

I would not exchange the laughter of my heart for the fortunes of the multitudes.