“Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything good in the world.”

“When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.”

“We need limitations and temptations to open our inner selves, dispel our ignorance, tear off disguises, throw down old idols, and destroy false standards. Only by such rude awakenings can we be led to dwell in a place where we are less cramped, less hindered by the ever-insistent External. Only then do we discover a new capacity and appreciation of goodness and beauty and truth.”

“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much”

“What we once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose, For all that we love deeply becomes a part of us.”

“We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world”

“We would never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.”