Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.
HELEN KELLERAs selfishness and complaint pervert and cloud the mind, so sex with its joy clears and sharpens the vision.
More Helen Keller Quotes
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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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Do not think of todays failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow.
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So much has been given to me I have not time to ponder over that which has been denied.
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The country is governed for the richest, for the corporations, the bankers, the land speculators, and for the exploiters of labor.
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The struggle of life is one of our greatest blessings. It makes us patient, sensitive, and Godlike. It teaches us that although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.
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True happines is not attained through self gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
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What I’m looking for is not out there, it is in me.
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I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.
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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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Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each others welfare, social justice can never be attained.
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Blindness separates people from things; deafness separates people from people.
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People don’t like to think, if one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.
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I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.
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Happiness does not come from without, it comes from within.
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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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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.
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Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost.
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One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
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I rejoice to live in such a splendidly disturbing time!
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Knowledge is love and light and vision.
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Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness.
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If the blind put their hands in God’s, they find their way more surely than those who see but have not faith or purpose.
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Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.
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The highest result of education is tolerance.
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Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything good in the world.
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Knowledge is power.
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