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

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

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

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.

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

What could be worse than being born without sight? Being born with sight and no vision.

To be successful in life what you need is education.

You can tell the condition of a nation by looking at the status of its women.

Most things, except agriculture, can wait.

Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.

Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences.

Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.

The future belongs to science and those who make friends with science.