Authors - Helen Keller
Brief Biography
Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 - June 1, 1968) was an American author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. The story of how Keller's teacher, Anne Sullivan, broke through the isolation imposed by a near complete lack of language, allowing the girl to blossom as she learned to communicate, has become widely known through the dramatic depictions of the play and film The Miracle Worker. - Wikipedia
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Quote 1145by Anonymous on 10/01/2011
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.
Quote 1648by Anonymous on 15/01/2011
I do not want the peace that passeth understanding, I want the understanding that brings peace.
Quote 2829by Anonymous on 03/02/2011
Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.
Quote 3036by Anonymous on 03/02/2011
It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision.
Quote 3335by Anonymous on 05/02/2011
The world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming it.
Quote 5038by Anonymous on 09/05/2011
Never bend your head. Hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.
Quote 6021by Anonymous on 12/09/2011
Many persons have the wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
Quote 6177by Anonymous on 14/09/2011
People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.
Quote 6622by Anonymous on 02/10/2011
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.
Quote 6685by Anonymous on 04/10/2011
No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars or sailed an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.
Quote 7372by Anonymous on 07/11/2011
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.... Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
Quote 7403by Anonymous on 10/11/2011
There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who has not had a king among his.
Quote 8420by Anonymous on 11/05/2012
To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug.
Quote 10078by Anonymous on 11/09/2012
Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourses of my book friends. They talk to me without embarrassment or awkwardness.
Quote 11728by Anonymous on 18/01/2013
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.
Quote 11802by Anonymous on 23/01/2013
It's wonderful to climb the liquid mountains of the sky. Behind me and before me is God and I have no fears.
Quote 12630by Anonymous on 04/05/2013
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
Quote 12999by Anonymous on 08/06/2013
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.
Quote 13329by Anonymous on 07/07/2013
Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything good in the world.
