“Refuse to regard as unfortunate the treatment you receive from others; let it stimulate you to deal more justly with yourself and with them.”
The strength of affection is a proof not of the worthiness of the object, but of the largeness of the soul which loves.
—F. W. Robertson.
Every flower is a hint of His beauty; every grain of wheat a token of His beneficence; every atom of dust, a revelation of His power. In and through all things He is attracting our regard.
—Furness.
One never speaks of himself except at a loss.
—Montaigne.
It is easy in the world, to live after the world’s opinion: it is easy in solitude, to live after our own. But the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.
—Emerson.
If you knew the light