“There are no times in life when the opportunity, the chance to be and do, gathers so richly about the soul as when it has to suffer. Then everything depends on whether the man turns to the lower or the higher helps. If he resorts to mere expedients or tricks, the opportunity is lost. He comes out no richer nor greater; nay, he comes out harder, poorer, smaller for his pain. But, if he turns to God, the hour of his suffering is the turning hour of his life.” ~ Phillips Brooks
“When you make a mistake, don’t look back at it long. Take the reason of the thing into your mind, and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.” ~ Hugh White
And: “Men’s hearts ought not to be set against one another, but against evil only.” ~ Thomas Carlyle
