Happiness is a state of mind, and depends very little on outward circumstances.

Few pleasures there are indeed without an aftertouch of pain, but that is the preservation which keeps them sweet.

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.

A simple, childlike faith in a Divine Friend solves all the problems that come to us by land or sea

We must not creep along when our souls cry out for us to soar!

...our enjoyment of the great works of literature depends more upon the depth of our sympathy than upon our understanding.

Touch each object as if tomorrow you would never be able to feel anything again.

Make the most of every sense; glory in all the facets of pleasure and beauty which the world reveals to you...

I have made my limitations tools of learning and true joy.

Blindness separates us from things but deafness separates us from people.

Love is like a beautiful flower which I may not touch, but whose fragrance makes the garden a place of delight just the same.

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

The greatest tragedy to befall a person is to have sight but lack vision.

Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost.

I feel the flame of eternity in my soul.

There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who has not had a king among his.

A man can't make a place for himself in the sun if he keeps taking refuge under the family tree.

Speech is the birthright of every child. It is the deaf child's one fair chance to keep in touch with his fellows.

The chief handicap of the blind is not blindness, but the attitude of seeing people towards them.