“The gloom of the world is but a shadow; behind it, yet within our reach, is joy.Take joy.”

“Don't be ashamed to learn from others.”

“As for myself, I always willingly acknowledge my own self as the principal cause of every good and of every evil which may befall me; therefore, I have always found myself capable of being my own pupil, and ready to love my teacher.”

“Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world at once, but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach.”

“Gloom is but a shadow of a cloud passing by”

“We all know that the inevitability of time is a shadow against our lives, a creeping knife,and yet by living fully we can slow down that time until our joy makes our lives worth a million lifetimes.”

“He saw a cross on a wall with another cross behind it, a shadow cross, the shadow of what God left behind when God was gone, the continued need for joy and beauty, a commitment to hope where there appeared to be none, and to grace in spite of everything.”