"We bereaved are not alone. We belong to the largest company in all the world--the company of those who have known suffering."

"Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into light."

"There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark."

"I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace."

"Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows. It's what the sunflowers do."

"Your success and happiness lie in you."

"To keep our faces toward change, and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate, is strength undefeatable."

"College isn't the place to go for ideas."

"My friends have made the story of my life."

"So much has been given to me I have not time to ponder over that which has been denied."

"Knowledge is love and light and vision."

"We can do anything we want as long as we stick to it long enough."

"The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves."

"Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourses of my book friends. They talk to me without embarrassment or awkwardness."

"No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars or sailed an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit."

"Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything good in the world."

"Four things to learn in life: To think clearly without hurry or confusion; To love everybody sincerely; To act in everything with the highest motives; To trust God unhesitatingly."

"So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain."

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

"I believe that God is in me as the sun is in the colour and fragrance of a flower - the Light in my darkness, the Voice in my silence."

"When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another."

"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement"

"Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight."

"Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose."