It is not possible to refer a complex difficulty to a single cause.

The test of all beliefs is their practical effect in life. If it be true that optimism compels the world forward, and pessimism retards it, then it is dangerous to propagate a pessimistic philosophy.

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

Be not dumb, obedient slaves in an army of destruction. Be heroes in an army of construction.

When one door closes, another one opens, but sometimes we wait too long looking at the closed door, and never realize that another door has been opened.

Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourse of my book friends. They talk to me without embarrassment or awkwardness.

The living word awakened my soul, gave it light, hope, joy, set it free!