Through my handicaps, I have found my self, my work, my God.

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.

Sometimes all you need is one person with a guilty conscience to come forward and do the right thing. Often, the miracle you need resides inside of yourself, when you humbly ask for forgiveness.

However confused the scene of our life appears however torn we may be who now do face that scene it can be faced and we can go on to be whole.

Some of my characters are a mixture of various aspects of people I have met. others are pure invention.

My name is Truth and I am the most elusive captive in the universe.

Hillary Clinton doesn't know anything about my policy. I mean, she wouldn't know anything about it.

Every time I think that I'm getting old, and gradually going to the grave, something else happens.

A scheme of which every part promises delight, can never be successful; and general disappointment is only warded off by the defence of some little peculiar vexation.

Being the first is kind of dirty, and it's great

Do not fear the aging of the body for it is the body's way of seeking the root.

The thieves and killers are goin' to have guns, so if the honest men don't have 'em they just make it easier for the vicious.