I believe there are angels among us, sent down to us from somewhere up above. They come to you and me in our darkest hours, to show us how to live, to teach us how to give, to guide us with a light of love.

I regard philanthropy as a tragic apology for wrong conditions under which human beings live.

I have found out that though the ways in which I can make myself useful are few, yet the work open to me is endless.

Making a mistake is falling down; failure is not getting up again.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.

Touch each object as if tomorrow you would never be able to feel anything again.

Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.