Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.
Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there's a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see.
I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.
To be blind is bad, but worse is to have eyes and not see.
Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.
Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.
I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.
It was my teacher's genius, her quick sympathy, her loving tact which made the first years of my education so beautiful. It was because she seized the right moment to impart knowledge that made it so pleasant and acceptable to me.
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