Don't give me the peace that passeth understanding, give me understanding.

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

It is with a kind of fear that I begin to write the history of my life.

Better to be blind and see with your heart, than to have two good eyes and see nothing.

The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse.

Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

The true task is to unite and organize all workers...and it is the workers themselves who must secure freedom for themselves.