Change may be the vitalizing wind blowing through the house of life, but it is not an abiding force. We need permanent things to soak peace into us as well as progress - the beauty of the earth, seedtime and harvest, the smiles of lovers, the joy of the young in being alive, pride in craftsmanship. Why, oh why must we let ourselves forget these lasting treasures in an age of consuming ambition, speed madness and accumulated goods that leave us no chance to live? If we cannot be contented with a little no wealth will ever satisfy us.

A good education is a stepping-stone to wealth.

The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, but has no vision.

I fall, I stand still... I trudge on. I gain a little... I get more eager and climb higher and begin to see the widening horizon. Every struggle is a victory.

Even if you have a problem, you don't need to be one.

Tolerance is the first principle of community; it is the spirit which conserves the best that all men think.

Speech is the birthright of every child. It is the deaf child's one fair chance to keep in touch with his fellows.