Oh, you think the darkness is your ally, but you merely adopted the dark. I was born in it. Molded by it..

Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourse of my book friends. ….

Usually they are quick to discover that I cannot see or hear.... It is not training but love which impels them to break their silence about me with t….

There is much in the Bible against which every instinct of my being rebels, so much that I regret the necessity which has compelled me to read it thr….

Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there's a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to se….

What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us..

God doesn't promise security from life's storms but security in life's storms. God doesn't always call the equipped, but he will always equip the cal….

People often ... have no idea how fair the flower is to the touch, nor do they appreciate its fragrance, which is the soul of the flower..

That the sky is brighter than the earth means little unless the earth itself is appreciated and enjoyed. Its beauty loved gives the right to aspire t….

When all you can feel are the shadows, turn your face towards the sun. There is always a bright side - even if only that it is not worse...and it can….

True teaching cannot be learned from text-books any more than a surgeon can acquire his skill by reading about surgery..

Deep, solemn optimism, it seems to me, should spring from this firm belief in the presence of God in the individual; not a remote, unapproachable gov….

Our democracy is but a name. We vote? What does that mean? It means that we choose between two bodies of real, though not avowed, autocrats. We choos….

Look the world straight in the eye..

I have never believed that my limitations were in any sense punishments or accidents. If I had held such a view, I could never have expected the stre….

To be blind is bad, but worse is to have eyes and not see..

The highest result of education is tolerance. Long ago men fought and died for their faith; but it took ages to teach them the other kind of courage,….

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

Be happy, talk happiness. Happiness calls out responsive gladness in others. There is enough sadness in the world without yours..

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

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