The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse.

Things must be felt with the heart.

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.

I believe in the immortality of the soul because I have within me immortal longings.

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.

No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels that happiness is his indisputable right.

Cut off as I am, it is inevitable that I should sometimes feel like a shadow walking in a shadowy world. When this happens I ask to be taken to New York City. Always I return home weary but I have the comforting certainty that mankind is real flesh and I myself am not a dream.