And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom.

-- Hermann Hesse

Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.

-- Muhammad Ali

The supreme elegance is to be a good man.

-- Victor Hugo

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.

-- Charles Dickens

Brevity is the soul of wit.

-- William Shakespeare

The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.

-- William Shakespeare