What induces a child to learn but his delight in knowing?

As the eagle was killed by the arrow winged with his own feather, so the hand of the world is wounded by its own skill.

Of all the senses, sight must be the most delightful.

A well-educated mind will always have more questions than answers.

It is curious to observe what different ideals of happiness people cherish, and in what singular places they look for this well-spring of their life. Many look for it in the hoarding of riches, some in the pride of power, and others in the achievements of art and literature; a few seek it in the exploration of their own minds, or in search for knowledge.

Children who hear acquire language without any particular effort; the words that fall from others' lips they catch on the wing, as it were, delightedly, while the little deaf child must trap them by a slow and often painful process. But whatever the process, the result is wonderful. Gradually from naming an object we advance step by step until we have traversed the vast distance between our first stammered syllable and the sweep of thought in a line of Shakespeare.

You will succeed if you persevere; and you will find joy in overcoming obstacles.