When the heat and motion of blind impulses and passions distract it on all sides, we can neither give nor receive anything truly. But when we find our centre in our soul by the power of self-restraint, by the force that harmonizes all warring element

If I can't make it through one door, I'll go through another door- or i'll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present.

It is no easy task to lead men. But it is easy enough to drive them.

It is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple.

I do not love him because he is good, but because he is my child.

Let only that little be left of me whereby I may name thee my all. Let only that little be left of my will whereby I may feel thee on every side, and come to thee in everything, and offer to thee my love every moment. Let only that little be left of me whereby I may never hide thee. Let only that little of my fetters be left whereby I am bound with thy will, and thy purpose is carried out in my life--and that is the fetter of thy love.

A thorn can only be extracted if you know where it is.