“Oh happy pessimists! What a joy it is to them to be able to prove again and again that there is no joy.”

“Whoever prefers the material comforts of life over intellectual wealth is like the owner of a palace who moves into the servants quarters and leaves the sumptuous rooms empty.”

“Nothing is so often and so irrevocably missed as the opportunity which crops up daily.”

“So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.”

“To be content with little is difficult; to be content with much, impossible.”

“We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack.”

“Patience is one of the keys to success but I came to understand that you have to be patient while working not while waiting. After sowing, you still have to water your seed while waiting for the fr...”

“Sometimes the purpose of the rose is simply to draw attention to the rose.”

“The immediate result of your infinite patience is peace”

“Sometimes it's not enough to know what things mean, sometimes you have to know what things don't mean.”

“Dont cry and dont rage. Understand.”

“The only way to heal yourself was to understand. Understand the love or the hate or the cowardice, or the impulsiveness, the lack of will of the one who hurt you--the circumstances that twisted the...”