I have never believed that my limitations were in any sense punishments or accidents. If I had held such a view, I could never have expected the strength to overcome them.

Of all the senses, sight must be the most delightful.

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

No nation is wise enough to rule another.

We should not think of conversion as the acceptance of a particular creed, but as a change of heart.

Commercial concerns have expanded from family business to corporate wealth which is self-perpetuating and which enlightened statesmen and economists now dread as the most potent oligarchy yet produced.

Worse than being blind would be to be able to see but not have any vision.