Leo Roskin taught, "It is the weak who are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.

On the other side of pain, there is still love.

With an old head and a young heart, you can be a source of real strength [to others] who need your cheer and encouragement.

You've been a good steward of it. You've been a good steward of your pain.

A little rain can straighten a flower stem. A little love can change a life.

If I could suffer like you, I could heal like you.

We cannot despair of humanity, since we ourselves are human beings.

Why is it, she wondered, that things that hurt people make them deeper and more understanding?

One German officer lived in the house opposite ours. He had a room with the Kahn family. They said he was a charming man - calm, likable, polite, and sympathetic. Three days after he moved in he brought Madame Kahn a box of chocolates. The optimists rejoiced.

It's been my experience that those with the toughest shells have the softest hearts

We will respond, even in the face of irony and slander, with the sweetness of love. We can afford to take this attitude because good anvils do not fear the blows of many hammers.

My experience is that people who have been through painful, difficult times are filled with compassion.