The true sage is not he who sees, but he who, seeing the furthest, has the deepest love for mankind.
Can we conceive what humanity would be if it did not know the flowers?
An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness.
To disdain today is to prove that yesterday has been misunderstood.
All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than animals that know nothing.
An obstacle is not a discouragement. It may become one, but only with our own consent. So long as we refuse to be discouraged, we cannot be discouraged.