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.

One must envision the higher life and behave as if it were a fact before it can unfold.

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.

Smells are the fallen angels of the senses.

Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain.

The best things in life are unseen, thats why we close our eyes when we kiss, cry, and dream

What a blind person needs is not a teacher but another self.