Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

You will succeed if you persevere; and you will find joy in overcoming obstacles.

No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels that happiness is his indisputable right.

It is certain that I cannot always distinguish my own thoughts from those I read, because what I read becomes the very substance and text of my mind.

What do I consider a teacher should be? One who breathes life into knowledge so that it takes new form in progress and civilization.

I am just as deaf as I am blind. The problems of deafness are deeper and more complex, if not more important than those of blindness. Deafness is a much worse misfortune. For it means the loss of the most vital stimulus- the sound of the voice that brings language, sets thoughts astir, and keeps us in the intellectual company of man.

To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug.