“Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841–1935) United States Supreme Court justice
“Suffering makes us capable of the full force of the Master of Delight; it makes us capable also to bear the utter play of the Master of Power. Pain is the key that opens the gates of strength; it is the high-road that leads to the city of beatitude.”
Thoughts and Aphorisms (1913), Bhakti
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