“We need to accept the strangeness of things as they are.”

Either do not attempt at all or go through with it.

My vengeance is my guilt.

Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.

Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts.

The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.

Tears at times have the weight of speech.

There are a thousand forms of evil; there will be a thousand remedies.

Beauty is a fragile gift.

He who has lived in obscurity has lived well.

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

A man is sorry to be honest for nothing.

Dignity and love do not blend well, nor do they continue long together.

Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.

Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.

Time is generally the best doctor.

It’s a kindness that the mind can go where it wishes.

I am still learning – how to take joy in all the people I am, how to use all my selves in the service of what I believe, how to accept when I fail and rejoice when I succeed.

When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.

What is love but acceptance of the other, whatever he is.

One accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.

I have never found anybody who could stand to accept the daily demonstrative love I feel in me, and give back as good as I give.

The uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomorrow.

May your neighbors respect you, trouble neglect you, angels protect you and heaven accept you.

Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.