When we do the best we can, we never know what miracles await.

Our democracy is but a name. We vote? What does that mean? It means that we choose between two bodies of real, though not avowed, autocrats. We choose between Tweedledum and Tweedledee.

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

The highest thinkers of the ages, the seers of the tribes and the nations, have been optimists.

The one resolution, which was in my mind long before it took the form of a resolution, is the key-note of my life. It is this, always to regard as mere impertinences of fate the handicaps which were placed upon my life almost at the beginning. I resolved that they should not crush or dwarf my soul, but rather be made to blossom, like Aaron's rod, with flowers.

There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark.

The million little things that drop into your hands, The small opportunities each day brings, He leaves us free to use or abuse, And goes unchanging along His silent way