As selfishness and complaint pervert the mind, so love with its joy clears and sharpens the vision.

Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.

The test of a democracy is not the magnificence of buildings or the speed of automobiles or the efficiency of air transportation, but rather the care given to the welfare of all the people.

When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.

My life has been happy because I have had wonderful friends and plenty of interesting work to do.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

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