It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui.

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

The chief handicap of the blind is not blindness, but the attitude of seeing people towards them.

One must envision the higher life and behave as if it were a fact before it can unfold.

The one resolution, which was in my mind long before it took the form of a resolution, is the key-note of my life. It is this, always to regard as mere impertinences of fate the handicaps which were placed upon my life almost at the beginning. I resolved that they should not crush or dwarf my soul, but rather be made to blossom, like Aaron's rod, with flowers.

We cannot freely and wisely choose the right way for ourselves unless we know both good and evil.

Speech is the birthright of every child. It is the deaf child's one fair chance to keep in touch with his fellows.