The highest result of education is tolerance. Long ago men fought and died for their faith; but it took ages to teach them the other kind of courage, - the courage to recognize the faiths of their brethren and their rights of conscience.

I do not like the world as it is; so I am trying to make it a little more as I want it.

We can decide to let our trials crush us, or we can convert them to new forces of good.

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

I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.

Blindness is an unfortunate handicap but true vision does not require the eyes.

There is joy in self-forgetfulness. So I try to make the light in others' eyes my sun, the music in others' ears my symphony, the smile on others' lips my happiness.