There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark.

Even more amazing than the wonders of Nature are the powers of the spirit.

Our worst foes are not belligerent circumstances, but wavering spirits.

I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built up on the supposition that every child is a kind of idiot who must be taught to think. Whereas, if the child is left to himself, he will think more and better, if less showily.

I have often thought it would be a blessing if each human being were stricken blind and deaf for a few days during their early adult life. Darkness would make them more appreciative of sight; silence would teach them the joys of sound.

I have an unshakable belief that mankind's higher nature is on the whole still dormant. The greatest souls reveal excellencies of mind and heart which their lesser fellows possess-hidden, it is true, but there all the same.

If we believe that the sun and moon hang in the sky for our delight, there will be joy upon the hills and gladness in the fields.