I endeavor to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with what cannot read more

I endeavor to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with what cannot be mended and patient when there is no redress. Plato -Elizabeth Montagu.

Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.

Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.

The ultimate Path is without difficulty. Just avoid picking and choosing. -Seng-Ts'an.

The ultimate Path is without difficulty. Just avoid picking and choosing. -Seng-Ts'an.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, read more

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. -Helen Keller.

Bless a thing and it will bless you. Curse it and it will curse you...If you bless a situation, it read more

Bless a thing and it will bless you. Curse it and it will curse you...If you bless a situation, it has no power to hurt you, and even if it is troublesome for a time, it will gradually fade out, if you sincerely bless it. -Emmet Fox.

Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together. -Eugene Ionesco.

Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together. -Eugene Ionesco.

It is one of man's curious idiosyncrasies to create difficulties for the pleasure of resolving them.

It is one of man's curious idiosyncrasies to create difficulties for the pleasure of resolving them.

Triumphs without difficulties are empty. Indeed, it is difficulties that make the triumph. It is no feat to travel the read more

Triumphs without difficulties are empty. Indeed, it is difficulties that make the triumph. It is no feat to travel the smooth road.

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.