Helen Keller

The world is moved not only by the mighty shoves of the heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt within the heart.

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.

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt within the heart.

Keep your eyes to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows.

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.

I long to accomplish a great and noble task; but it is my chief duty and joy to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble.

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.

People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.

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.

The world is full of suffering but it is also full of people overcoming it.

I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.

When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.

When one door of happiness closes, another one opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened to us.

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.

Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

We would never learn to be patient if there were only joy in the world.

Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousand of miles and all the years you have lived.

Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.

Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight.

There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who has not had a king among his.

I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.

Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I am in, therein to be content.
Helen Keller - My Religion, 1927
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.

No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars or sailed an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.

Knowledge is love and light and vision.
Helen Keller - "The World at Her Fingertips" by Joan Dash
Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything good in the world.

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.

Hope sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.

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.
Helen Keller - The Open Door (1957)
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.... Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
Helen Keller - Quote of the day book
When one door of happiness closes another opens; but we often look so long at the closed one that we do not see the one which has opened for us.

We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.

Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of overcoming it.

When one door of happiness closes, another one opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.

No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.

Tyranny cannot defeat the power of ideas.

Is there anything worse than being blind? Yes, a man with sight and no vision.

Not the senses I have but what I do with them is my kingdom.

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.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.

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.

Character can not be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.

Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.

When all you can feel are the shadows, turn your face towards the sun.

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.

The best and most beautiful things cannot be seen or even heard, they must be felt with the heart.

Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.

I look upon the whole world as my fatherland, and every war has to me the horror of a family fued.

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security 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 exposure.

Keep your face to the sun and you will never see the shadows.
Helen Keller - The Open Door (1957)
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.... Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.

No pessimest ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an unchartered land or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.

- Helen Keller