No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars.

Faith is a mockery if it does not teach us that we can build a more complete and beautiful world.

I, who have never heard a sound, tell you there is no silence, and I, who have never seen a ray of light, tell you there is no darkness.

The mystery of language was revealed to me. I knew then that 'W-A-T-E-R' meant the wonderful cool something that was flowing over my hand. That living word awakened my soul, gave it light, joy, set it free.

Oh, you think the darkness is your ally, but you merely adopted the dark. I was born in it. Molded by it.

When you lose your vision, you lose contact with things. When you lose your hearing, you lose contact with people.

We still have it in our power to rise above the fears, imagined and real, and to shoulder the great burdens which destiny has placed upon us, not for our country alone, but for the benefit of all the world. That is the only destiny worthy of America.