“Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.”
— William Ellery Channing
“There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.”
— Leonard Cohen
“If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt
“If our world were as predictable as we believe it should be, we would never be inspired to be creative or adventurous. Let us give thanks that our world is designed to challenge us and to bring out the best of the human spirit.”
— Jonathan Lockwood Huie
“The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.”
— Ursula K. Le Guin
“Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Human history is the sad result of each one looking out for himself.”
— Julio Cortazar
“But life lived only for oneself does not truly satisfy men or women. There is a hunger in Americans today for larger purposes beyond the self.”
— Betty Friedan
“In the midst of hate and despair, love.”
— John-Roger