What are some quotations of Louis Braille?

Answer 1

This person (January 4, 1809 -- January 6, 1852) was the inventor of Braille.

Braille was born in Coupvray, a small town located southeast of Paris in Seine-et-Marne. His father was a saddlemaker, who also made harnesses, bags and leather straps. As soon as he could walk, Louis spent time playing in his father's workshop. When he was three, he scratched his right eye while making holes in a piece of leather with a knife or awl that was too heavy for him. There was nothing anyone could do except patch and bind the hurt eye. His right eye got infected and the infection spread to his left eye making him blind.

When he was ten, Braille earned a scholarship to the National Institute for the Blind Youth in Paris, one of the first of its kind in the world. But living conditions in the school were poor. Louis ate stale bread and water, and students were sometimes abused or locked up as a form of punishment.

Despite these circumstances, Braille proved to be a bright and creative student. His ear for music enabled him to become an accomplished cellist and organist in classes taught by Marrigues. (Later in life, his musical talents this lead him to play the organ for churches all over France, and he held the position of organist in Paris at the Church of Saint-Nicolas-des-Champs 1834 and at the Church of Saint-Vincent-de-Paul in 1845.)

Children at the school were taught basic craftsman skills and simple trades. They were also taught how to read by feeling raised letters (a system devised by the school's founder, Valentin Haüy). However, because the raised letters were made using paper pressed against copper wire, the students never learned to write. Another bad thing was that the letters weighed a lot and whenever people published books using this system, they put together a book with multiple stories in one in order to save money. This made the books sometimes weigh over a hundred pounds. The school had only three books, all of which Louis read.

Answer 2

1. "Access to communication in the widest sense is access to knowledge."
2. "Oh, how this system has comforted me in times of misfortune! And, when a heavy hand has cost me my sight, how dear it has been to me!"
3. "Live without seeing, but be another obstacle overcome for those who haven’t lost their sight."

Answer 3

"Live without seeing, but be what you are." - Louis Braille

Answer 4

i need more qoutes

Answer 5

he is famous for invent the braille alphabet

Answer 6

genious generous humble compassionate GENIOUS!!!

Answer 7

let your fingers do the talking

Answer 8

no he died after making braille