If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.

Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws, which otherwise would have been hidden from us forever.

There would be far less suffering in the world if human beings-God knows why they are made like this-did not use their imaginations so busily in recalling the memories of past misfortunes, instead of trying to bear an indifferent present.

I do not know myself and God forbid that I should

We cannot fashion our children after our desires, we must have them and love them as God has given them to us.

It is only in misery that we recognize the hand of God leading good men to good.