There is no blindness more insidious, more fatal that this race for profit.

I cannot remember how I felt when the light went out of my eyes. I suppose I felt it was always night and perhaps I wondered why the day did not come.

If we spend the time we waste in sighing for the perfect golden fruit in fulfilling the conditions of its growth, happiness will come, must come. It is guaranteed in the very laws of the universe. If it involves some chastening and renunciation, well, the fruit will be all the sweeter for this touch of holiness.

Burn brightly without burning out. Throw your heart over the fense and the rest will follow. Keep your face to the sunshine and you wont see the shadows

I think the degree of a nation's civilisation may be measured by the degree of enlightenment of its women.

The heart of a friend gives out sufficient light for us in the dark to rise by.

People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.