“I want friends, not admirers. People who respect me for my character and my deeds, not my flattering smile.”

Nature brings solace in all troubles.

Sometimes I’m so deeply buried under self-reproaches that I long for a word of comfort to help me dig myself out again.

Who would ever think that so much went on in the soul of a young girl?

Riches can all be lost, but that happiness in your own heart can only be veiled, and it will bring you happiness again, as long as you live.

Sometimes I believe that God wants to try me, both now and later on; I must become good through my own efforts, without examples and without good advice.

You can be lonely even when you are loved by many people, since you are still not anybody’s one and only.

There’s one golden rule to keep before you: laugh about everything and don’t bother yourself about the others!

You can get around to meaningful conversations more quickly in the dark than with the sun tickling your face.

What is done cannot be undone, but one can prevent it happening again.

Why should some people have such a hard time during their few years on this earth?

It must be awful to feel you’re not needed.

Our lives are fashioned by our choices. First we make our choices. Then our choices make us.

How lovely to think that no one need wait a moment, we can start now, start slowly changing the world!

Don’t aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally. Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.

Women, who struggle and suffer pain to ensure the continuation of the human race, make much tougher and more courageous soldiers than all those big-mouthed freedom-fighting heroes put together!

In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.