Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message.

People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness.

The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.

Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.

Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.

Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.

To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.