"Was mich nicht zugrunde richtet, macht mich..." - Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

“One never dives into the water to save a drowning man more eagerly than when there are others present who dare not take the risk.”

“We are praised or blamed, as the one or the other may be expedient, for displaying to advantage our power of discernment.”

“The discipline of suffering, of great suffering- do you not know that only this discipline has created all enhancements of man so far? That tension of the soul in unhappiness which cultivates its strength, its shudders face to face with great ruin, its inventiveness and courage in enduring, preserving, interpreting, and exploiting suffering, and whatever has been granted to it of profundity, secret, mask, spirit, cunning, greatness- was it not granted to it through suffering, through the discipline of great suffering?”

“The mind requires regular use to remain strong.”

“A wise woman wishes to be no one's enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone's victim.”

“I may not be as stong as I think, but I know many tricks and I have resolution.”

“Life breaks all of us but some of us get stronger in the broken places.”

“For each thorn, there's a rosebud... For each twilight - a dawn... For each trial - the strength to carry on, For each storm cloud - a rainbow... For each shadow - the sun... For each parting - sweet memories when sorrow is done.”

“Calm seas never made a good sailor”