Children who hear acquire language without any particular effort; the words that fall from others' lips they catch on the wing, as it were, delightedly, while the little deaf child must trap them by a slow and often painful process. But whatever the process, the result is wonderful. Gradually from naming an object we advance step by step until we have traversed the vast distance between our first stammered syllable and the sweep of thought in a line of Shakespeare.

The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.

Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.

Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there's a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see.

I prefer to stroll which has a buddy at nighttime, than by itself inside the light.

The woman who works for a dollar a day has as much right as any other human being to say what the conditions of her work should be.

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