Certainly it is one of our sweetest experiences that when we are touched by some noble affection or pure joy, we remember the dead most tenderly, and feel more powerfully drawn to them.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight and no vision.

No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

Excellence/Perfection is not a destination

Offend her, and she knows not to forgive; Oblige her, and she'll hate you while you live.

What's right and good doesn't come naturally. You have to stand up and fight for it - as if the cause depends on you, because it does.

Unlove's the heavenless hell and the homeless home.

Who doesn’t want an exploding wicker chicken?

I simply adore being alone - I find it a consuming thirst - and when that thirst is slaked, then I am happy.

Don't feel like you have to do and be everything.

I think being a frontman is the greatest job and I get to do this every day.

The Russians could not have had any impact whatsoever on voting in America, either how they were cast or how they were counted.

I know many of my female friends do not like being referred to as "ladies."