In private grief with careless scorn. In public seem to triumph and not to mourn.

In private grief with careless scorn. In public seem to triumph and not to mourn.

Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.

Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love.

The peace makers shall be called the children of God.

The peace makers shall be called the children of God.

Melancholy is the pleasure of being sad

Melancholy is the pleasure of being sad

The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.

The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.

to be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me everybody else means, read more

to be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me everybody else means, to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting.

Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.

Tearless grief bleeds inwardly.

When we suffer anguish we return to early childhood because that is the period in which we first learnt to read more

When we suffer anguish we return to early childhood because that is the period in which we first learnt to suffer the experience of total loss. It was more than that. It was the period in which we suffered more total losses than in all the rest of our life put together.

Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.

Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.