US "author, lecturer".
"She learned to speak and write despite being blind and deaf; wrote "The Story of My Life," 1903."
What a blind person needs is not a teacher but another self.
Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.
We cannot freely and wisely choose the right way for ourselves unless we know both good and evil.
"When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another."
"[Death] is no more than passing from one room to another. But there's a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room, I shall be able to see."