Our enjoyment of the great works of literature depends more upon the depth of our sympathy than upon our understanding.
HELEN KELLERGreat poetry needs no interpreter other than a responsive heart.
More Helen Keller Quotes
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College isn’t the place to go for ideas.
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Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement .
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It was my teacher’s genius, her quick sympathy, her loving tact which made the first years of my education so beautiful.
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I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it is vague, like a breeze among flowers.
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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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For one wild, glad moment we snapped the chain that binds us to earth, and joining hands with the winds we felt ourselves divine.
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Never bend your head. Hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.
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Great poetry needs no interpreter other than a responsive heart.
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Love is like a beautiful flower which I may not touch, but whose fragrance makes the garden a place of delight just the same.
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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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Happiness does not come from without, it comes from within.
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True happines is not attained through self gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
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I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.
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Unless we form the habit of going to the Bible in bright moments as well as in trouble, we cannot fully respond to its consolations because we lack equilibrium between light and darkness.
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Keep your face to the sun and you will never see the shadows.
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