Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it
American author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.
Never bend your head. Hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye
What we once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose, For all that we love deeply becomes a part of us
The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight but no vision.
Keep your face to the sun and you will never see the shadows
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar
Three things build love: To make Salam (greeting), to make space for a person in a gathering, to address a person in a respectable and good manner
Had I known how listening is superior to speaking, I would not have wasted my life preaching
Lectures which really teach will never be popular; lectures which are popular will never really teach
The good of the people is the chief law
The life of the dead is set in the memory of the living
Broadly speaking short words are best and the old words when short, are best of all
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