“Prayer is the song of the heart. It reaches the ear of God even if it is mingled with the cry and the tumult of a thousand men.”

You are far, far greater than you know – and all is well.

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.

Sit by me, my beloved, and listen to my heart; smile, for your happiness is a symbol of our future.

A man’s true wealth is the good he does in the world.

Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.

Music is the language of the spirit. It opens the secret of life bringing peace, abolishing strife.

The truly great man is he who would master no one, and who would be mastered by none.

Every man is two men; one is awake in the darkness, the other asleep in the light.

If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don’t, they never were.

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.

The best of man is he who blushes when you praise him and remains silent when you defame him.

The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

All men love you for themselves. I love you for yourself.

The strong grows in solitude where the weak withers away.

When you were born you were crying and everyone else was smiling. Live your life so at the end, your’re the one who is smiling and everyone else is crying.

I remembered the fox. One runs the risk of crying a bit if one allows oneself to be tamed.

The mirror is my best friend because when I cry it never laughs.

My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.

One runs the risk of weeping a little, if one lets himself be tamed.

I believe in the power of laughter and tears as an antidote to hatred and terror.

Take off your bedroom slippers, put on your marching shoes. Shake it off. Stop complaining, stop grumbling, stop crying. We are going to press on. We’ve got work to do.

Remember me and smile, for it’s better to forget than to remember me and cry.