Helen Keller quotes

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood. (Helen Keller)
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart. View quote
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Never bend your head. Hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye. View quote
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The highest result of education is tolerance. View quote
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Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it. View quote
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Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. View quote
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Life is a daring adventure or nothing. View quote
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Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light. View quote
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I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace. View quote
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One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar. View quote
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No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit. (Helen Keller)
No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels that happiness is his indisputable right. View quote
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Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. View quote
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Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world. View quote
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Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. View quote
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It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui. View quote
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When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another. View quote
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College isn't the place to go for ideas. View quote
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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. View quote
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As selfishness and complaint pervert the mind, so love with its joy clears and sharpens the vision. View quote
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To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug. (Helen Keller)
Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. View quote
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Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all - the apathy of human beings. View quote
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Happiness is the final and perfect fruit of obedience to the laws of life. View quote
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When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. View quote
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