A good friend is a connection to life — a tie to the past, a road to the future.

Life is not meant to be easy, my child; but take courage: it can be delightful.

What counts is not the things that happen, but what we do with them.

Time is everything; time is quality.

To have become a deeper man is the privilege of those who have suffered.

No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination.

The art of life is not controlling what happens to us, but using what happens to us.

In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.

The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.

In the end, some of your greatest pains become your greatest strengths.

Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.

Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final.