"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."

"What I am looking for is not out there, it is in me."

"I do not want to be a miracle. I want to be a human being."

"I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my own ship."

"Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all — the apathy of human beings."