We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.

Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.

Maybe who we are isn't so much about what we do, but rather what we're capable of when we least expect it.

I do not think it worth while to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it.

Within you there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time.

I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.

Resilience — the ability to brush off pain.

Failure is a greater teacher than success. Listen, learn, go on.

One shouldn't just hope to be treated well: one must insist on it.

Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play.

From our first babblings to our last word, we make but one statement, and that is our life.

Some things are best mended by a break.