We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight and no vision.

No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

God gave you brain so that you can give him rest.

I think it must be one of those things where no one’s wrong and everybody loses.

Nobody has ever looked at me the way he’s looking at me at this moment. Like I’m his possession. Like if anyone else were to touch me, he’d break both their legs and an arm for good measure.

I am allergic to cats, the cat in 'Don't Stop' was actually a very small fury human.

As a rule, man is a fool. When it's hot, he wants it cool; When its cool, he wants it hot. Always wanting, what is not.

When pressure mounts and strain increases everyone begins to show the weaknesses in his makeup. It is up to the Commander to conceal his: above all to conceal doubt, fear, and distrust.

The urgency derives from the nearness of climate tipping points.

The simple but observable fact is that the more you love, the more you are able to love.

Maps can be a remarkably powerful tool for understanding the world and how it works, but they show only what you ask them to.

Black is always elegant. It is the most complete colour in the whole world, made of all the colours in the palette.