“The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do
“The power of doing anything with quickness is always prized much by the possessor, and often without any attention to the imperfection of the performance.
“None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free
“The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled
“The greatest works are done by the ones. The hundreds do not often do much, the companies never; it is the units, the single individuals, that are the power and the might.
“Only love is not enough any more for remaining nearness. Today you need all your mind for a wonderful marriage. Stop in our hectic times deliberately and daily getting power only for both of you
“There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than 10,000 tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love
“The bitterest creature under heaven is the wife who discovers that her husband's bravery is only bravado, that his strength is only a uniform, that his power is but a gun in the hands of a fool.
“Youth is the period in which a man can be hopeless. The end of every episode is the end of the world. But the power of hoping through everything, the knowledge that the soul survives its adventures, that great inspiration comes to the middle-aged.