“We bereaved are not alone. We belong to the largest company in all the world--the company of those who have known suffering.”

“Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged.”

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

“Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.”

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

“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”