“As a nation we may take pride in the fact that we are softhearted; but we cannot afford to be soft-headed”

“Cynics build no bridges; they make no discoveries; no gaps are spanned by them. Cynics may pride themselves in being realistic in their approach, but progress and the onward march of civilization demand an inspiration and motivation that cynicism never affords. If we want progress, we must take the forward look.”

“We cannot afford to be separate. . . . We have to see that all of us are in the same boat.”

“Wealth is not an absolute. It is relative to desire. Every time we yearn for something we cannot afford, we grow poorer, whatever our resources. And every time we feel satisfied with what we have, we can be counted as rich, however little we may actually possess.”

“Think you of the fact that a deaf person cannot hear. Then, what deafness may we not all possess? What senses do we lack that we cannot see and cannot hear another world all around us?”

“We cannot see anything until we are possessed with the idea of it, take it into our heads, - and then we can hardly see anything else.”