The mystery of language was revealed to me. I knew then that 'W-A-T-E-R' meant the wonderful cool something that was flowing over my hand. That living word awakened my soul, gave it light, joy, set it free.

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

THE most important day I remember in all my life is the one on which my teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, came to me

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

People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.

There is a dangerous optimism of ignorance and indifference.

The highest result of education is tolerance.