Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away.

Life demands from you only the strength you posses. One feat is possible -- not to have run away.

Your position never gives you the right to command. It only imposes on you the duty of so living your life that others can receive your orders without being humiliated.

Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in. You will be living off stolen goods, and your muscles will atrophy.

''To forgive oneself? No, that doesn't work: we have to be forgiven. But we can only believe this is possible if we ourselves can forgive.

If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.