I hung about the dangerous frontier of "guess," avoiding with infinite trouble to myself and others the broad valley of reason.

Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain.

Speech is the birthright of every child. It is the deaf child's one fair chance to keep in touch with his fellows.

The worst calamity: 'To have eyes and fail to see.'

It is better to have no sight than it is to have no vision.

While the right friends are near us, we feel that all is well. Our everyday life blossoms suddenly into bright possibilities.

Smells are the fallen angels of the senses.