“There is no education like adversity.”

“Who likes adversity? No one likes it. However, we can look at adversity from a different perspective. Adversity can be a challenge that must be conquered. Everyone wants to be a winner. Only winners are able to conquer the difficulties and challenges they face.”

“Sweet are the uses of adversity
Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.”

“In opulence the heart of great men is as soft as that of a lotus flower, but in adversity the same hardens like a rock of a big mountain.”

“It is not because I pursue a smooth life. But for the calm acceptance of impermanence, and be calm
and confident like a king in any adverse circumstances.”

“Sometimes we get through adversity only by imagining what the world might be like if our dreams should ever come true.”

“There is no fool like an educated fool…”

“Education, like neurosis, begins at home.”

“Of all the virtues we can learn no trait is more useful, more essential for survival, and more likely to improve the quality of life than the ability to transform adversity into an enjoyable challenge.”

“Loonies speak their own language, like educated people.”