When one comes to think of it, there are no such things as divine, immutable, or inalienable rights. Rights are things we get when we are strong enough to make good our claim on them.

Happiness does not come from without, it comes from within

We betray ourselves into smallness when we think the little choices of each day are trivial.

There is beauty in everything, even in silence and darkness.

Blindness is an unfortunate handicap but true vision does not require the eyes.

No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.

I could never stay long enough on the shore; the tang of the untainted, fresh, and free sea air was like a cool, quieting thought.