"I have learned now that while those who speak about one's miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more."

"It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between."

"Friendship is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself."

"Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less."

"I pray because I can't help myself. I pray because I'm helpless. It doesn't change God - it changes me."

"Love is something more stern and splendid than mere kindness."