The only real blind person at Christmas-time is he who has not Christmas in his heart. |
The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision. |
The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves |
The welfare of each is bound up in the welfare of all. |
The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker. |
The world is so full of care and sorrow that it is a gracious debt we owe to one another to discover the bright crystals of delight hidden in somber circumstances and irksome tasks |
There is much in the Bible against which every instinct of my being rebels, so much that I regret the necessity which has compelled me to read it through from beginning to end. I do not think that the knowledge which I have gained of its history and sources compensates me for the unpleasant details it has forced upon my attention. |
There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark. |
There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who has not had a king among his |
There is plenty of courage among us for the abstract but not for the concrete. |
To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable |
To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug. |
Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle. |
True happiness...is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. |
Unless we form the habit of going to the Bible in bright moments as well as in trouble, we cannot fully respond to its consolations because we lack equilibrium between light and darkness. |