What could be worse than being born without sight? Being born with sight and no vision.

Making a mistake is falling down; failure is not getting up again.

Surely there is no road of effort so steep but a loving deed may soften its hardshness.

Only in quietness do we possess our own minds and discover the resources of the Inner Life.

Optimism, then, is a fact within my own heart. But as I look out upon life, my heart meets no contradiction. The outward world justifies my inward universe of good.

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

Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain.