“One of the sweet things about pain and sorrow is that they show us how well we are loved, how much kindness there is in the world, and how easily we can make others happy in the same way when they need help and sympathy.”

“Oh, love isn't there to make us happy. I believe it exists to show us how much we can endure.”

“I wonder why it is we are not all kinder to each other ... How much the world needs it! How easily it is done!”

“How little a thing can make us happy when we feel that we have earned it.”

“For you see, the face of destiny or luck or god that gives us war also gives us other kinds of pain: the loss of health and youth; the loss of loved ones or of love; the fear that we will end our days alone. Some people suffer in peace the way others suffer in war. The special gift of that suffering, I have learned, is how to be strong while we are weak, how to be brave when we are afraid, how to be wise in the midst of confusion, and how to let go of that which we can no longer hold. In this way, anger can teach us forgiveness, hate can teach us love, and war can teach us peace.”

“Everyone of us needs to show how much we care for each other and, in the process, care for ourselves.”