No doubt the reason is that character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthe… - Helen Keller

Deep, solemn optimism, it seems to me, should spring from this firm belief in the presence of God in the individual; not a remote, unapproachable governor of the universe, but a God who is very near every one of us, who is present not only in earth, sea and sky, but also in every pure and noble impulse of our hearts.

Many people have a wrong of idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not obtained through a self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

La vie est une aventure audacieuse ou alors elle n'est rien.