Sorrows gather around great souls as storms do around mountains; but, like them, they break the storm and purify the air of the plain beneath them.

Quote by Jean Paul Richter

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Because the heart beats under a covering of hair, of fur, feathers, or wings, it...

Because the heart beats under a covering of hair, of fur, feathers, or wings, it...

There are so many tender and holy emotions, flying about in out inward world, which,...

There are so many tender and holy emotions, flying about in out inward world, which,...

Poverty is the only load which is the heavier the more loved ones there are...

Poverty is the only load which is the heavier the more loved ones there are...

God is an unutterable sigh, planted in the depths of the soul.

God is an unutterable sigh, planted in the depths of the soul.

We learn our virtues from our friends who love us; our faults from the enemy...

We learn our virtues from our friends who love us; our faults from the enemy...

Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest

Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest

Fancy rules over two thirds of the universe, the past, and future, while reality is...

Fancy rules over two thirds of the universe, the past, and future, while reality is...

As winter strips the leaves from around us, so that we may see the distant...

As winter strips the leaves from around us, so that we may see the distant...

Beauty attracts us men; but if, like an armed magnet it is pointed, beside, with...

Beauty attracts us men; but if, like an armed magnet it is pointed, beside, with...

Age does not matter if the matter does not age.

Age does not matter if the matter does not age.

A woman who could always love would never grow old; and the love of mother...

A woman who could always love would never grow old; and the love of mother...

Every friend is to the other a sun, and a sunflower also. He attracts and...

Every friend is to the other a sun, and a sunflower also. He attracts and...

Our memories are the only paradise from which we can never be expelled.

Our memories are the only paradise from which we can never be expelled.

A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a...

A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a...

The miracles of earth are the laws of heaven

The miracles of earth are the laws of heaven

Every man regards his own life as the New Year's Eve of time.

Every man regards his own life as the New Year's Eve of time.

As a rule, for no one does life drag more disagreeably than for him who...

As a rule, for no one does life drag more disagreeably than for him who...

Anger wishes all mankind had only one neck; love, that it had only one heart

Anger wishes all mankind had only one neck; love, that it had only one heart

Every child senses, with all the horse sense that's in him, that any parent is...

Every child senses, with all the horse sense that's in him, that any parent is...

To be angry is to revenge the faults of others upon ourselves

To be angry is to revenge the faults of others upon ourselves