I am risking my life for my work, and half my reason has gone.

But by fighting the difficulties in which one finds oneself, an inner strength develops from within our heart, which improves in life's fight.

What molting time is to birds, so adversity or misfortune is ... for us humans.

If one has such an encounter it is to be expected it will bring him into conflict, especially conflict with himself, because one sometimes literally does not know what to do or what not to do. But is this struggle and even the mistakes one may make, not better, and do they not develop us more than if we keep systematically away from emotions?

Be clearly aware of the stars and infinity on high. Then life seems almost enchanted after all.

The great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. And great things are not something accidental, but must certainly be willed.

If boyhood and youth are but vanity, must it not be our ambition to become men?