Once I knew only darkness and stillness… my life was without past or future… but a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand that clutched at emptiness, and my heart leaped to the rapture of living.
The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.
Life is an exciting business, and most exciting when it is lived for others.
The simplest way to be happy is to do good.
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.
Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.
We may have found a cure for most evils; but we have found no remedy for the worst of them all, the apathy of human beings.
Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousands of miles and all the years you have lived.
The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of tiny pushes of each honest worker.
To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug.
There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who has not had a king among his.
Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.
The highest result of education is tolerance.
My share of the work may be limited, but the fact that it is work makes it precious.