"Great perils have this beauty, that they..." - Quote by Victor Hugo

“Man's greatest actions are performed in minor struggles. Life, misfortune, isolation, abandonment and poverty are battlefields which have their heroes - obscure heroes who are at times greater than illustrious heroes.”

“The earth is a great piece of stupidity.”

“We are reassured almost as foolishly as we are alarmed; human nature is so constituted.”

“Pressure makes diamonds”

“The true test of a character is to face hard conditions with the determination to make them better.”

“Disasters will always come and go, leaving their victims either completely broken or steeled and seasoned and better able to face the next crop of challenges that may occur.”

“Always embrace the common humanity that lies at the heart of us all.”

“Be proud that thou art an Indian, and proudly proclaim, "I am an Indian, every Indian is my brother." Say, "The ignorant Indian, the poor and destitute Indian, the Brahmin Indian, the Pariah Indian, is my brother."”

“We must seek, above all, a world of peace; a world in which peoples dwell together in mutual respect and work together in mutual regard.”