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| Fact and fancy look alike across the years that link the past with the present. | | Uncategorized | |
| Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light. | | Faith | |
| God himself is not secure, having given man dominion over his work. | | Uncategorized | |
| Happiness cannot come from without. It must come from within. It is not what we see and touch or that which others do for us which makes us happy; it is that which we think and feel and do, first for the other fellow and then for ourselves. | | Happiness | |
| I am just as deaf as I am blind. The problems of deafness are deeper and more complex, if not more important than those of blindness. Deafness is a much worse misfortune. For it means the loss of the most vital stimulus -- the sound of the voice that brings language, sets thoughts astir, and keeps us in the intellectual company of man. | | Uncategorized | |
| I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do. | | Potential; Solitude | |
| I believe in the immortality of the soul because I have within me immortal longings | | Belief | |
| I can feel the twinkle of his eye in his handshake. | | Uncategorized | |
| I can see, and that is why I can be happy, in what you call the dark, but which to me is golden. I can see a God-made world, not a manmade world. | | Uncategorized | |
| I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace. | | Peace | |
| I don't want peace that passeth understanding, I want understanding which bringeth peace. | | Uncategorized | |
| I have always thought it would be a blessing if each person could be blind and deaf for a few days during his early adult life. Darkness would make him appreciate sight; silence would teach him the joys of sound. | | Adulthood; Silence | |
| I have often been asked, ''Do not people bore you?'' I do not understand quite what that means. I suppose the calls of the stupid and curious, especially of newspaper reporters, are always inopportune. I also dislike people who try to talk down to my understanding. They are like people who when walking with you try to shorten their steps to suit yours; the hypocrisy in both cases is equally exasperating. | | Uncategorized | |
| I have said all along that this clause is probably contrary to the Geneva Conventions. Parliament should now review its decision and re-amend article 9 of the Military Penal Code. | | Uncategorized | |
| I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble | | Achievement; Greatness; Idealism | |
| I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble. The world is moved along not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of | | Achievement | |
| I long to accomplish a great and noble task; but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble | | Achievement | |
| I look upon the whole world as my fatherland, and every war has to me the horror of a family feud | | Uncategorized | |
| I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it is vague, like a breeze among flowers. | | Limits | |
| I sometimes wonder if the hand is not more sensitive to the beauties of sculpture than the eye. I should think the wonderful rhythmical flow of lines and curves could be more subtly felt than seen. Be this as it may, I know that I can feel the heart-throbs of the ancient Greeks in their marble gods and goddesses. | | Uncategorized | |
