1. Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere.
2. Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself. Never pity yourself. Be a hard master to yourself-and be lenient to everybody else.
3. Men's best successes come after their disappointments.
4. Ich wusste nie, wie man liebt, bis ich wusste, wie man liebt.
I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
