“The first lesson to learn is to resign oneself to the little difficulties in life, not to hit out at everything one comes up against. If one were able to manage this one would not need to cultivate great power; even one's presence would be healing.”
“There would be no great men if there were no little ones.”
“If there were no illusions, there would bo no disillusionment. But then one would have no fond memories either, with which fortify oneself against the pain of the reality.”
“In order for one to learn the important lessons of life, one must first overcome a fear each day.”
“One must be a great man indeed to be able to hold out even against common sense.""Or else a fool.”
“Happiness does not lie in amusement; it would be strange if one were to take trouble and suffer hardship all one's life in order to amuse oneself”