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Now I rejoice in the consciousness that I can think, act and attain heaven.

Once I knew the depth where no hope was, and darkness lay on the face of all things.

Had it not been for the persistent encouragement of Miss Sullivan, I think I should have given up trying to write altogether.

But I did not dream that that interview would be the door through which I should pass from darkness into light, from isolation to friendship, companionship, knowledge, love.

I slip back many times, I fall, I stand still, I run against the edge of hidden obstacles, I lose my temper and find it again and keep it better, I trudge on, I gain a little, I feel encouraged, I get more eager and climb higher and begin to see the widening horizon.

Courage returns as we gaze; when we see what has been, we doubt no more that it can be again.

Love at its highest point--love sublime, unique, invincible--leads us straight to the brink of the great abyss, for it speaks to us directly of the infinite and of eternity.

do not hope to excite love except by love

depend upon it, you will love your native hills the better for being separated from them

Friends are as often brought nearer together as separated by death.

Though my life is low, if my spirit looks upward habitually at an elevated angle, it is as it were redeemed.

The doctrines of despair, of spiritual or political tyranny or servitude, were never taught by such as shared the serenity of nature.

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.

Surely civilization is old enough, surely mankind is mature enough so that we ought in our own lifetime to find a way to permanent peace.

Sorrow purifies and deepens the soul, and the extremity of sorrow is the prelude to Truth.

He who cherishes a beautiful vision, a lofty ideal in his heart, will one day realize it.

The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream.

The world is beautiful because they have lived; without them, labouring humanity would perish.

In spite of failures, cooperative schemes went on, some of the same men appearing in one after another with irrepressible optimism.

Keenly conscious of the social confusion all about us and the hard economic struggle, we at times believed that the very struggle itself might become a source of strength.

Such a young person persistently believes that behind all suffering, behind sin and want, must lie redeeming magnanimity.

Your strength can compensate for my weakness, and your wisdom can help to minimize my mistakes.

There are some days when we need a hand. There are other days when we're called on to lend one.

As life wears on the love of husband or wife, of friends and of children, becomes the great solace and delight of age.

Even if we are alone, we store up our enjoyment in hope of sharing it hereafter with those we love.