3: Before and after Independence [PDF]

The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough. Rabindranath Tagore

Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder. Rumi

Happiness doesn't result from what we get, but from what we give. Ben Carson

Life is not meant to be easy, my child; but take courage: it can be delightful. George Bernard Shaw

If you feel beautiful, then you are. Even if you don't, you still are. Terri Guillemets

You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore. Andrè Gide

The purpose of cataract surgery is to remove the clouded lens of the eye (the cataract) to improve sight. The lens can be replaced with an artificial lens called an intraocular lens implant (IOL). Or, if an IOL cannot be used, it will be left out and

Before you speak, let your words pass through three gates: Is it true? Is it necessary? Is it kind?

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you. Walt Whitman

We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone. Ronald Reagan