Poverty is the fundamental cause of most of the physical, moral and economic ills of humanity.

The wise fools who sit in the high places of justice fail to see that in revolutionary times vital issues are settled not by statutes, decrees and authorities, but in spite if them.

I am just as deaf as I am blind. The problems of deafness are deeper and more complex, if not more important than those of blindness. Deafness is a much worse misfortune. For it means the loss of the most vital stimulus- the sound of the voice that brings language, sets thoughts astir, and keeps us in the intellectual company of man.

There is a dangerous optimism of ignorance and indifference.

We cannot freely and wisely choose the right way for ourselves unless we know both good and evil.

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.

Trying to write is very much like trying to put a Chinese puzzle together. We have a pattern in mind which we wish to work out in words; but the words will not fit the spaces, or, if they do, they will not match the design.