If I could have only one of my senses then I would choose hearing, Then I wouldn't feel so all alone.

Defeat is simply a signal to press onward.

The best things in life are not seen or heard ... but felt with the heart.

No loss by flood and lightning, no destruction of cities and temples by the hostile forces of nature, has deprived man of so many noble lives and impulses as those which his intolerance has destroyed.

It was my teacher's genius, her quick sympathy, her loving tact which made the first years of my education so beautiful. It was because she seized the right moment to impart knowledge that made it so pleasant and acceptable to me.

Rebuffed, but always persevering; self-reproached, but ever regaining faith; undaunted, tenacious, the heart of man labors toward immeasurably distant goals.

I have found out that though the ways in which I can make myself useful are few, yet the work open to me is endless.