I Have Made My Limitations

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.

The Hilltop Hour Would Not Be Half So Wonderful If There Were No Dark Valleys To Traverse.

It Is With A Kind Of Fear That I Begin To Write The History Of My Life.

Silver Is Purified In Fire And So Are We. It Is In The Most Trying Times That Our Real Character Is Shaped And Revealed.

What A Blind Person Needs Is Not A Teacher But Another Self.