It is with a kind of fear that I begin to write the history of my life.

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.

A man with outward courage dares to die

So, have a little fun. Soon enough you'll be dead and burning in Hell with the rest of your family.

Seek the temple within, the silent place you can go in the midst of it all.

Life: sometimes the man on the saddle, sometimes the saddle on the man.

Too many people say something when they really have nothing to say.

If you can't Change yourself, Don't Hope that other Will.

In my darkness, my pathway was marked by the brightness of light.

Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.- Mark Twain

I trained as a journalist in America where paying sources is frowned upon. Now I work in the U.K. where there is a more flexible attitude.

Tape is wonderful at preserving evidence - fingerprints, hairs, fibers. Tape preserves this, especially on the sticky side, even if the body's been out there for a year.