هرگز سر خود را خم نکن، همیشه آن را بالا نگه دار. به دنیا مستقیما در چشمانش نگاه کن. - Helen Keller

One of my Swiss ancestors was the first teacher of the deaf in Zurich and wrote a book on the subject of their education-rather a singular coincidence; though it is true that there is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who has not had a king among his.

I thank God for my handicaps. For through them, I have found myself, my work and my God.

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.