Occupation: Author Birth: June 27, 1880 Death: June 1, 1968
The living word awakened my soul, gave it light, hope, joy, set it free!.
What a joy it is to feel the soft, springy earth under my feet once more, to follow grassy roads that lead to ferny brooks where I can bathe my finge….
The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision..
Tolerance is the first principle of community; it is the spirit which conserves the best that all men think..
We differ, blind and seeing, one from another, not in our senses, but in the use we make of them, in the imagination and courage with which we seek w….
Hold out your hands to feel the luxury of the sunbeams..
Many people know so little about what is beyond their short range of experience. They look within themselves - and find nothing! Therefore they concl….
When indeed shall we learn that we are all related one to the other, that we are all members of one body?.
No loss by flood and lightning, no destruction of cities and temples by the hostile forces of nature, has deprived man of so many noble lives and imp….
Long before I learned to do a sum in arithmetic or describe the shape of the earth, Miss Sullivan had taught me to find beauty in the fragrant woods,….
Don't give me the peace that passeth understanding, give me understanding..
Of all the senses, sight must be the most delightful..
Smell is a fallen angel..
Have you ever been at sea in a dense fog, when it seemed as if a tangible white darkness shut you in, and the great ship, tense and anxious, groped h….
Life is to be lived as a magnificent adventure, or not at all..
For three things I thank God every day of my life: thanks that he has vouchsafed me knowledge of his works; deep thanks that he has set in my darknes….
Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought. Strike against manufacturing shrapnel and gas bombs and all other tools of murder. Stri….
When you lose your vision, you lose contact with things. When you lose your hearing, you lose contact with people..
Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight. True education combines….
Commercial concerns have expanded from family business to corporate wealth which is self-perpetuating and which enlightened statesmen and economists ….
God himself is not secure, having given man dominion over his work..