We are never really happy until we try to brighten the lives of others.

Your success and happiness lie in you.

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.

Joy is a spiritual element that gives vicissitudes unity and significance.

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

A good education is a stepping-stone to wealth.

Every one of us is blind and deaf until our eyes are opened to our fellowmen, until our ears hear the voice of humanity.