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.

Commercial concerns have expanded from family business to corporate wealth which is self-perpetuating and which enlightened statesmen and economists now dread as the most potent oligarchy yet produced.

Things must be felt with the heart.

Once I knew the depth where no hope was and darkness lay on the face of all things. Then love came and set my soul free.

Through my handicaps, I have found my self, my work, my God.

What really counts in life is the quiet meeting of every difficulty with the determination to get out of it all the good there is.

Is love the sweetness of flowers?