"The public must learn that the blind man is neither a genius nor a mountebank. He has a right to his share in the work of the world."

"I will not shut myself up in a dark room to brood over my limitations. I will use the gifts I have, and I will be grateful."

"No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an unchartered land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit."

"Blindness and deafness are not the worst misfortunes. The worst misfortune is to have eyes and ears, and not to see and hear."

"The highest result of education is tolerance."