Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved. - Helen (Adams) Keller (1880 - 1968)
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人格の発達は、順風満帆とは行きません。試練に耐え苦難を乗り越えて行く中で初めて、魂が鍛えられ、視界が開け、大望が湧き起こり、実現可能となるものです。 - ヘレン・ケラー (1880 - 1968)
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