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 welfare of each is bound up in the welfare of all.

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.

THE most important day I remember in all my life is the one on which my teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, came to me

Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight.

Happiness rarely keeps company with an empty stomach

It need not discourage us if we are full of doubts. Healthy questions keep faith dynamic. In fact, unless we start with doubts we cannot have a deep-rooted faith. One who believes lightly and unthinkingly has not much of a belief. One who has a faith which is not to be shaken has won it through blood and tears-has worked his or her way from doubt to truth as one who reaches a clearing through a thicket of brambles and thorns.