Just as a small fire is extinguished by the storm whereas a large fire is enhanced by it - likewise a weak faith is weakened by predicament and catastrophes whereas a strong faith is strengthened by them.

A human being is a deciding being.

Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.

I do not forget any good deed done to me & I do not carry a grudge for a bad one.

We cannot, after all, judge a biography by its length, by the number of pages in it; we must judge by the richness of the contents...Sometimes the 'unfinisheds' are among the most beautiful symphonies.

The incurable sufferer is given very little opportunity to be proud of his suffering and to consider it ennobling rather than degrading" so that "he is not only unhappy, but also ashamed of being unhappy.

Each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.