My friends have made the story of my life. In a thousand ways they have turned my limitations into beautiful privileges.

I cannot but say a word and look my disapproval when I hear that my country is spending millions for war and war engines-more, I have heard, than twice as much as the entire public school system costs the nation.

For my part, I wish, with Mr. Howells, that the literature of the past might be purged of all that is ugly and barbarous in it, although I should object as much as any one to having these great works weakened or falsified.

Christmas Day is the festival of optimism.

Better to be blind and see with your heart, than to have two good eyes and see nothing.

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

Many people know so little about what is beyond their short range of experience. They look within themselves - and find nothing! Therefore they conclude that there is nothing outside themselves either.