Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousands of miles and all the years you have lived.

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.

We are brothers and sisters. We are a sacred family.

She shows us only surfaces but Nature is a million fathoms deep.

The biggest mistake you can make is listening to people who've given up on their dreams telling you to give up on yours.

Without love, we are pointless. With it, we are infinite.

I initially thought I was going to be a teacher. Maybe like an elementary teacher or something like that, which would be fun. Maybe someday.

With copious evidence ranging from Plato's haughtiness to Beethoven's tirades, we may conclude that the most brilliant people of history tend to be a prickly lot.

It had only one fault. It was kind of lousy.

If Irish or Italian culture dies in America it really isn't that big a deal. They will still exist in Italy and Ireland. Not so with us. There is no other place. North America is our old country.

God instructs the heart, not by ideas but by pains and contradictions.

It's insane how many Roman coins are being found! It's as if all Romans had holes in their pockets. They sowed coins wherever they went. Even in the fields. Maybe to grow money . . .