Museums and art stores are also sources of pleasure and inspiration. Doubtless it will seem strange to many that the hand unaided by sight can feel action, sentiment, beauty in the cold marble; and yet it is true that I derive genuine pleasure from touching great works of art. As my finger tips trace line and curve, they discover the thought and emotion which the artist has portrayed.

You will succeed if you persevere; and you will find joy in overcoming obstacles.

Ideas without action are useless.

I am thankful that in a troubled world no calamity can prevent the return of spring.

I believe that God is in me as the sun is in the colour and fragrance of a flower - the Light in my darkness, the Voice in my silence.

There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who has not had a king among his.

Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight.