No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars.

When one door of hapiness closes, another opens.

The worst calamity: 'To have eyes and fail to see.'

I look upon the whole world as my fatherland, and every war has to me the horror of a family feud.

While the right friends are near us, we feel that all is well. Our everyday life blossoms suddenly into bright possibilities.

When one comes to think of it, there are no such things as divine, immutable, or inalienable rights. Rights are things we get when we are strong enough to make good our claim on them.

I can see, and that is why I can be happy, in what you call the dark, but which to me is golden. I can see a God-made world, not a manmade world.