I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
-Thomas A. Edison
Devotion to God’s Name is my lamp; In this lamp is poured the oil of suffering. The light of realisation burns away this oil…Vast loads of firewood are reduced to ashes by a tiny spark of fire.
Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.
-Walt Whitman
Man learns through experience, and the spiritual path is full of different kinds of experiences. He will encounter many difficulties and obstacles, and they are the very experiences he needs to encourage and complete the cleansing process.
If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
If there is such a thing as a good marriage, it is because it resembles friendship rather than love.
-Michel De Montaigne