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

No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.

Use your eyes as if tomorrow you would be stricken blind. Hear the music of voices, the song of birds, the mighty strains of an orchestra as if you would be stricken deaf tomorrow . . . Smell the perfume of flowers, taste with relish each morsel as if tomorrow you could never smell and taste again. Glory in all the facts of pleasure and beauty which the world reveals to you.

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

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.

The best things in life are not seen or heard ... but felt with the heart.

We, the people, are not free. Our democracy is but a name. We vote? What does that mean? It means we choose between Tweedledee and Tweedledum. We elect expensive masters to do our work for us, and then blame them because they work for themselves and for their class.