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.

It gives me a deep comforting sense that Things seen are temporal and things unseen are eternal.

Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow.

Be not dumb, obedient slaves in an army of destruction. Be heroes in an army of construction.

It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui.

One must envision the higher life and behave as if it were a fact before it can unfold.

A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships.