"I used to think that it was a shame that I was born blind and deaf, but now I know that it is a blessing. It has taught me to see with my soul and to hear with my heart."

"We are never so helpless as when we are at the mercy of our own desires."

"The world is moved not only by the mighty shoves of the heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker."

"The unexamined life is not worth living."

"Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood."