It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision.
Only in quietness do we possess our own minds and discover the resources of the Inner Life.
It was my teacher's genius, her quick sympathy, her loving tact which made the first years of my education so beautiful. It was because she seized the right moment to impart knowledge that made it so pleasant and acceptable to me.
Death is no more than passing from one room into another.
If you look toward the sunshine, you will never see the shadows.
I learned that it is possible for us to create light, sound and order within us no matter what calamity befall us in the outer world.
The human being is born with an incurable capacity for making the best of things.
Worse than being blind would be to be able to see but not have any vision.
Your success and happiness lie in you.
Great poetry needs no interpreter other than a responsive heart.
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 always be worse
It is certain that I cannot always distinguish my own thoughts from those I read, because what I read becomes the very substance and text of my mind.
When one door closes, another one opens, but sometimes we wait too long looking at the closed door, and never realize that another door has been opened.
Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.
Love is like a beautiful flower which I may not touch, but whose fragrance makes the garden a place of delight just the same.
I regard philanthropy as a tragic apology for wrong conditions under which human beings live.
Defeat is simply a signal to press onward.
I am only one, But still I am one.
The heart of a friend gives out sufficient light for us in the dark to rise by.
Every one of us is blind and deaf until our eyes are opened to our fellowmen, until our ears hear the voice of humanity.
Happiness cannot come from without. It must come from within. It is not what we see and touch or that which others do for us which makes us happy; it is that which we think and feel and do, first for the other fellow and then for ourselves.
I cannot but say a word and look my disapproval when I hear that my country is spending millions for war and war engines-more, I have heard, than twice as much as the entire public school system costs the nation.
Education should train the child to use his brains, to make for himself a place in the world and maintain his rights even when it seems that society would shove him into the scrap-heap.
If I write what my soul thinks it will be visible, and the words will be its body.
Certainly I believe that God gave us life for happiness, not misery. Humanity, I am sure, will never be made lazy or indifferent by an excess of happiness. Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. Happiness should be a means of accomplishment, like health, not an end in itself.
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