The woman who works for a dollar a day has as much right as any other human being to say what the conditions of her work should be.

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.

Success is no proof of virtue. In the case of a book, quick acclaim is presumptive evidence of a lack of substance and originality.

The parts of me that used to think I was different or smarter or whatever, almost made me die.

I sweat. If anything comes easy to me I mistrust it.

The only foes that threaten America are the enemies at home, and these are ignorance, superstition and incompetence.

I think sometimes the media eggs on a lot of things and makes it worse. That's what puts a lot of things in people's heads.

To be a cult figure in one's own lifetime is most unpleasant.

His eyes were cold and brown - like coffee stains.

No one's laughing at God -We're all laughing with God.

The lion's share of my work is revision, 85%? I revise forever, combing over lines, listening and listening to them in different hours and moods so that I feel they are finally right for me.