When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.
While they were saying among themselves it cannot be done, it was done.
Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.
No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.
We may have found a cure for most evils; but we have found no remedy for the worst of them all, the apathy of human beings.
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
Of all the senses, sight must be the most delightful.
Once I knew only darkness and stillness... my life was without past or future... but a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand that clutched at emptiness, and my heart leaped to the rapture of living.
Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.
Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all - the apathy of human beings.
The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.
Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.
Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousands of miles and all the years you have lived.
So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.
Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought!