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

The greatest tragedy to befall a person is to have sight but lack vision.

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

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.

I sometimes wonder if the hand is not more sensitive to the beauties of sculpture than the eye. I should think the wonderful rhythmical flow of lines and curves could be more subtly felt than seen. Be this as it may, I know that I can feel the heart-throbs of the ancient Greeks in their marble gods and goddesses.

No smile is as beautiful as the one that struggles through tears.

The best preparedness is the one that disarms the hostility of other nations and makes friends of them.