For this I bless you most. You give much and know not that you give at all.

A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?

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.

For the sight of the angry weather saddens my soul and the sight of the town, sitting like a bereaved mother beneath layers of ice, oppresses my heart.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.

When you reach the end of what you should know, you will be at the beginning of what you should sense.