I have walked with people whose eyes are full of light but who see nothing in sea or sky, nothing in city streets, nothing in books. It were far better to sail forever in the night of blindness with sense, and feeling, and mind, than to be content with the mere act of seeing. The only lightless dark is the night of darkness in ignorance and insensibility.

Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged.

To be blind is bad, but worse is to have eyes and not see.

The greatest tragedy to befall a person is to have sight but lack vision.

When one reads hurriedly and nervously, having in mind written tests and examinations, one's brain becomes encumbered with a lot of bric-a-brac for which there seems to be little use.

Great poetry needs no interpreter other than a responsive heart.

If we believe that the sun and moon hang in the sky for our delight, there will be joy upon the hills and gladness in the fields.