You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance.

Braving obstacles and hardships is braver than retreat to tranquility.

Persecution cannot harm him who stands by Truth. Did not Socrates fall proudly a victim in body? Was not Paul stoned for the sake of the Truth? It is our inner selves that hurt us when we disobey it, and it kills us when we betray it.

Men who do not forgive women their little faults will never enjoy their great virtues.

The fool sees naught but folly; and the madman only madness. Yesterday I asked a foolish man to count the fools among us. He laughed and said, "This is too hard a thing to do, and it will take too long. Were it not better to count only the wise?"

One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life.

For in truth it is life that gives unto life-while you, who deem yourself a giver, are but a witness.