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

We bereaved are not alone. We belong to the largest company in all the world--the company of those who have known suffering.

It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision.

It is certain that I cannot always distinguish my own thoughts from those I read, because what I read becomes the very substance and text of my mind.

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.

My optimism is grounded in two worlds, myself and what is about me. I demand that the world be good, and lo, it obeys. I proclaim the world good, and facts range themselves to prove my proclamation overwhelmingly true.

Reality even when it is sad is better than illusions. Illusions are at the mercy of any winds that blow. Real happiness must come from within, from a fixed purpose and faith in one's fellow men.