Life is to be lived as a magnificent adventure, or not at all.

I grow more and more suspicious of the political powers that take men away from their work and set them shooting one another.

Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged.

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

So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain.

What is worse than having no sight is being able to see but having no vision.

Every child has a right to be well-born, well-nurtured and well-taught, and only the freedom of woman can guarantee him this right.