“Anyone who leads an upright life and experiences real difficult and disappointment and yet is not crushed by them is worth more than one for whom everything has always been plain sailing and who has known nothing but relative prosperity.
[…] If only we try to live righteously, we shall fare well, even though we are bound to encounter genuine sadness and real disappointments and shall probably commit real mistakes and do things that are wrong, but it is certainly better to be ardent in spirit, even though one makes more mistakes, than narrow-minded and over-cautious.”
- Vincent van Gogh in a letter to his brother (April 1878)
“Anyone who leads an upright life and experiences real difficult and disappointment and yet is not crushed by them is...