"The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers & cities; but to know someone who thinks & feels with us, & who, though distant, is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden."
"There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings."
"All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, until they take root in our personal experience."
"What is important in life is life, and not the result of life."
"Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal."
"If you've never eaten while crying you don t know what life tastes like."