I rejoice to live in such a splendidly disturbing time!
HELEN KELLERCharacter cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
More Helen Keller Quotes
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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.
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I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.
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Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.
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There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
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There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark.
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Our enjoyment of the great works of literature depends more upon the depth of our sympathy than upon our understanding.
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Knowledge is love and light and vision.
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Life is a succesion of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
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I believe in the immortality of the soul because I have within me immortal longings.
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I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.
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Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement .
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If I regarded my life from the point of view of the pessimist, I should be undone.
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It’s wonderful to climb the liquid mountains of the sky. Behind me and before me is God and I have no fears
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Many people know so little about what is beyond their short range of experience.
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We bereaved are not alone. We belong to the largest company in all the world–the company of those who have known suffering.
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Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness.
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Be happy with what you have while working for what you want.
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The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves.
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A bend in the road is not the end of the road. Unless you fail to make the turn.
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The world is not moved only by the mighty shoves of the heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.
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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.
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Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure.
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Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousands of miles and all the years you have lived.
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A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships.
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There is beauty in everything, even in silence and darkness.
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True happines is not attained through self gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
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