Trying to write is very much like trying to put a Chinese puzzle together. We have a pattern in mind which we wish to work out in words; but the word… - Helen Keller

Trying to write is very much like trying to put a Chinese puzzle together. We have a pattern in mind which we wish to work out in words; but the words will not fit the spaces, or, if they do, they will not match the design.

[W]e keep on trying because we know that others have succeeded, and we are not willing to acknowledge defeat.

The test of all beliefs is their practical effect in life. If it be true that optimism compels the world forward, and pessimism retards it, then it is dangerous to propagate a pessimistic philosophy.

انها تجربة رائعة أن نتلقى بأناس بهذا القدر من الطيبة والدفء المشاعر الى الحد الذى يجعلنا نشعر بالسكينة والسعادة حين نكون بصحبتهم

One goes to college to learn, it seems, not to think.