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

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.

You know that place between sleep and awake, that place where you still remember dreaming? That’s where I’ll always love you. That’s where I’ll be waiting.

It is only the strong Christian family unit that can survive the coming world holocaust.

Invisible is real. Souls have their own world.

The more I have deep love and compassion for my earth and my fellows, the more love and compassion I have for myself, and vice versa.

Chris Columbus was really interesting to watch how he works with children.

Only man is not content to leave things as they are but must always be changing them, and when he has done so, is seldom satisfied with the result.

we Irish don't really need thousands of people surging behind a big brass band to have a parade. One guitar player and a few people whistling will do the job.

I had to get used to the theater atmosphere because I haven't had a role on Broadway since Aida. It was a different process from day one because I was learning my parts by myself.

Imaginatively in a pictorial sense I was airborne.

I have to do two things at once or I get tired.