Smell is a fallen angel.

The power of effecting changes for the better is within ourselves, not in the favorableness of circumstances.

Do not think of to-day's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow.

Education should train the child to use his brains, to make for himself a place in the world and maintain his rights even when it seems that society would shove him into the scrap-heap.

Reality even when it is sad is better than illusions. Illusions are at the mercy of any winds that blow. Real happiness must come from within, from a fixed purpose and faith in one's fellow men.

The inferiority of women is man-made.

I have never believed that my limitations were in any sense punishments or accidents. If I had held such a view, I could never have expected the strength to overcome them.