The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, but has no vision.

The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.

Serious harm, I am afraid, has been wrought to our generation by fostering the idea that they would live secure in a permanent order of things.

Blindness separates people from things; deafness separates people from people.

The highest thinkers of the ages, the seers of the tribes and the nations, have been optimists.

Poetry is the gate through which I enter the land of enchantment. Once inside the flaming wall, my limitations fall from me, and my spirit is free.

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