I thank God for my handicaps. For through them, I have found myself, my work and my God.

I found that of the senses, the eye is the most superficial, the ear the most arrogant, smell the most voluptuous, taste the most superstitious and fickle, touch the most profound and the most philosophical.

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

Knowledge is happiness, because to have knowledge - broad, deep knowledge - is to know true ends from false, and lofty things from low.

A person who is severely impaired never knows his hidden sources of strength until he is treated like a normal human being and encouraged to shape his own life.

The best preparedness is the one that disarms the hostility of other nations and makes friends of them.