Blindness separates us from things but deafness separates us from people.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.

Speech is the birthright of every child. It is the deaf child's one fair chance to keep in touch with his fellows.

My life has been happy because I have had wonderful friends and plenty of interesting work to do.

This great republic is a mockery of freedom as long as you are doomed to dig and sweat to earn a miserable living while the masters enjoy the fruit of your toil.

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.

There is joy in self-forgetfulness. So I try to make the light in others' eyes my sun, the music in others' ears my symphony, the smile on others' lips my happiness.