...our enjoyment of the great works of literature depends more upon the depth of our sympathy than upon our understanding.

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.

If all the world's a stage, I want to operate the trap door.

Violet learned then what she had forgotten until this moment: that laughter is serious. More complicated, more serious than tears.

Man acts from adequate motives relative to his interest, and not on metaphysical speculations.

Ideally you want to be a couple of months ahead on a project. But I rarely am.

It is generally understood that men don't aspire after the absolute right, but only to do about as well as the rest of the world.

We can dream a lot faster than what's possible.

An egg boiled very soft is not unwholesome.

I say what other people won't.

Are there quantitative aspects to the phenomena of war that can be counted? Evidently!

There is none dwelling in the house but God. When a man is awakened he melts and perishes.