"The retaining hand of tolerance is laid upon the inquisitor and the humanist utters a message of peace to the persecu…"

"Many persons have a wrong of idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification b…"

"One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar."

"Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold."

"Optimism, then, is a fact within my own heart. But as I look out upon life, my heart meets no contradiction. The outw…"

"If the light were not in your eyes, dear Mr. Brooks, you would understand better how happy your little Helen was when…"

"No doubt the reason is that character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suf…"

"I want to say to those who are trying to learn to speak and those who are teaching them: Be of good cheer. Do not thi…"

"The only real blind person at Christmas-time is he who has not Christmas in his heart. We sightless children had the …"

"Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten an…"