I think the degree of a nation's civilisation may be measured by the degree of enlightenment of its women.

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.

Failure is a success if you learn from it.

I didn't cry much after I was 35, but staggered stony-faced into middle age, a handkerchief still in my bag just in case.

Why abandon a seat in your own home to wander in vain through dusty regions of another land? If you make one false step, you miss what is right before your eyes.

Once you start shaving you're done at Disney.

In a global arena, what our businessmen need in order to be competitive is transparency and a level playing-field.

I must tell you that the supply of words on the world market is plentiful, but the demand is falling.

There has been much tragedy in my life; at least half of it actually happened.

A woman who doesn't care what men think of her - ah, this is dangerous. This is the worst conceivable insult to the male ego.

Why did Father give these humans free will? Now they're all confused.

I don't think my religious convictions should be held against me.