Whenever evil befalls us, we ought to ask ourselves, after the first suffering, how we can turn it into good. So shall we take occasion, from one bitter root, to raise perhaps many flowers.
I love my past. I love my present. I'm not ashamed of what I've had, and I'm not sad because I have it no longer.
Whatever you fear most has no power - it is your fear that has the power.
You must not think me necessarily foolish because I am facetious, nor will I consider you necessarily wise because you are grave.
If we fall, we don't need self-recrimination or blame or anger - we need a reawakening of our intention and a willingness to recommit, to be whole-hearted once again.
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
It was enough to make a body ashamed of the human race.