Every evil is some good spelt backwards, and in it the wise know how to read Wisdom. – Coventry Patmore Category: Adversity
It is always in the midst, in the epicenter, of your troubles that you find serenity. – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Wartime Writings 1939-1944, translated from French by Category: Adversity
Men often bear little grievances with less courage than they do large misfortunes. – Aesop Category: Adversity
As a historian, what I trust is my ability to take a mass of information and tell a story shaped around it. – Doris Kearns Goodwin Category: Trust
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. – Mahatma Gandhi Category: strength
Long after the bomb falls and you and your good deeds are gone, cockroaches will still be here, prowling the streets like armored cars. – Tama Janowitz Category: Insects