With everything that has happened to you, you can either feel sorry for yourself or treat what has happened as a gift. Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose.

Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.

Every person is worthy of an infinite wealth of love — the beauty of his soul knows no limit.

Slowly, slowly, porridge goes into the gourd.

Don't go to the grave with life unused.

Courage is not a virtue of value among other personal values like love or fidelity. It is the foundation that underlies and gives reality to all other virtues and personal values. Without courage our love pales into mere dependency. Without courage our fidelity becomes conformism.