We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.

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

Death is no more than passing from one room into another.

I thank God for my handicaps. For through them, I have found myself, my work and my God.

Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight.

Knowledge is happiness, because to have knowledge - broad, deep knowledge - is to know true ends from false, and lofty things from low.

When one reads hurriedly and nervously, having in mind written tests and examinations, one's brain becomes encumbered with a lot of bric-a-brac for which there seems to be little use.