“Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.”

Do not think of todays failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow.

Knowledge is power.

So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.

People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.

People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.

The mind is as big as the universe.

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

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it.

I believe that God gave us life for happiness, not misery.

Literature is my Utopia

The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome.

Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there’s a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see.

There is beauty in everything, even in silence and darkness.

What we once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose, For all that we love deeply becomes a part of us.

I believe in the immortality of the soul because I have within me immortal longings.

Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness.

I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.

When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everyone will respect you.

If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.

I never saw a discontented tree.

If I finish a book a week, I will read only a few thousand books in my lifetime, about a tenth of a percent of the contents of the greatest libraries of our time. The trick is to know which books to read.

If I finish a book a week, I will read only a few thousand books in my lifetime, about a tenth of a percent of the contents of the greatest libraries of our time. The trick is to know which books to read.

Once a man has tasted freedom he will never be content to be a slave.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.