Love is like a beautiful flower which I may not touch, but whose fragrance makes the garden a place of delight just the same.

Many of us delude ourselves with the thought that if we could stand in the lot of our more fortunate neighbor, we could live better, happier and more useful lives. ... It is my experience that unless we can succeed in our present position, we could not succeed in any other.

Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourse of my book friends. They talk to me without embarrassment or awkwardness.

I have found life so beautiful.

We are never really happy until we try to brighten the lives of others.

The power of effecting changes for the better is within ourselves, not in the favorableness of circumstances.

To keep on trying in spite of disappointment and failure is the only way to keep young and brave. Failures become victories if they make us wise-hearted.