I could never stay long enough on the shore; the tang of the untainted, fresh, and free sea air was like a cool, quieting thought.

No smile is as beautiful as the one that struggles through tears.

The things you do today that you don't have to do will determine who, what, and where you will be when it is too late to do anything about the things you should have done.

I had once believed that we were all masters of our fate--that we could mold our lives into any form we pleased... I had overcome deafness and blindness sufficiently to be happy, and I supposed that anyone could come out victorious if he threw himself valiantly into life's struggle. But as I went more and more about the country I learned that I had spoken with assurance on a subject I knew little about... I learned that the power to rise in the world is not within the reach of everyone.

We betray ourselves into smallness when we think the little choices of each day are trivial.

Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.

When one doors closes, another door opens.