Happiness does not come from without, it comes from within

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

I believe humility is a virtue, but I prefer not to use it unless it is absolutely necessary.

Be of good cheer. Do not think of today's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere, and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles... Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost.

When you lose your vision, you lose contact with things. When you lose your hearing, you lose contact with people.

The few who profit from the labor of the masses want to organize the workers into an army which will protect the interests of the capitalists.

I had once believed that we were all masters of our fate--that we could mold our lives into any form we pleased... I had overcome deafness and blindness sufficiently to be happy, and I supposed that anyone could come out victorious if he threw himself valiantly into life's struggle. But as I went more and more about the country I learned that I had spoken with assurance on a subject I knew little about... I learned that the power to rise in the world is not within the reach of everyone.