When you lose your vision, you lose contact with things. When you lose your hearing, you lose contact with people.

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.

Change has to come for life to struggle forward.

Knowledge comes naturally with studying, and with God's touch, instantly. Wisdom comes naturally with age, and with God's touch, immediately.

I did not want windows, only skylights. I chose my painting wall as it has the best morning light.

Every life is complicated, every mind a kingdom of unmapped mysteries.

Time affords us the ability to blame past errors on others while whole heartedly pronouncing our futures successes.

It feel like winning the cup final, if that's what it feels like

We are here on Earth to fart around. Don't let anybody tell you any different.

Incompetency begets incompetency. The last thing a guy who isn't sure of himself wants is a guy backing him up who is sure of himself.

Saying hello to something new means saying good-bye to something old and loved.

I'm not a trend person. I don't want to look to my right and see somebody in the same thing.