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.

Fear: the best way out is through.

Hold out your hands to feel the luxury of the sunbeams.

I believe humility is a virtue, but I prefer not to use it unless it is absolutely necessary.

What could be worse than being born without sight? Being born with sight and no vision.

True teaching cannot be learned from text-books any more than a surgeon can acquire his skill by reading about surgery.

What a joy it is to feel the soft, springy earth under my feet once more, to follow grassy roads that lead to ferny brooks where I can bathe my fingers in a cataract of rippling notes, or to clamber over a stone wall into green fields that tumble and roll and climb in riotous gladness!