If we believe that the sun and moon hang in the sky for our delight, there will be joy upon the hills and gladness in the fields.

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.

School was my solace, and studying let me escape, allowing me to live a thousand vicarious lives.

The simplest questions are the hardest to answer.

When I started learning the cello, I fell in love with the instrument because it seemed like a voice - my voice.

The softness of the summer day like an ermine paw.

Ever since the Great Depression, we know that one of the key ways in which the US economy has stimulated growth is by manufacturing weapons and exporting war to other countries.

When one door is closed, don't you know, another is open.

It's dangerous to be people-blind.

I'm all for crossovers if they benefit the individual books.

Cowardice is incompatible with divine wisdom.

Bug eating and backstabbing are the stuff of great entertainment.