"The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision."
"We bereaved are not alone. We belong to the largest company in all the world--the company of those who have known suffering."
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Source: Helen Keller (1920). “Out of the Dark: Essays, Lectures, and Addresses on Physical and Social Vision”
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