The worst thing in the world is not to be born blind, but to be born with sight, and yet have no vision.

Once I knew only darkness and stillness... my life was without past or future... but a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand that clutched at emptiness, and my heart leaped to the rapture of living.

Certainly it is one of our sweetest experiences that when we are touched by some noble affection or pure joy, we remember the dead most tenderly, and feel more powerfully drawn to them.

I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it is vague, like a breeze among flowers.

To be blind is bad, but worse is to have eyes and not see.

The highest result of education is tolerance.

The simplest way to be happy is to do good.