If I regarded my life from the point of view of the pessimist, I should be undone.
HELEN KELLERToleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.
More Helen Keller Quotes
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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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Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it.
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Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight.
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The most pathetic person in the world is some one who has sight but no vision.
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We can do anything we want as long as we stick to it long enough.
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I rejoice to live in such a splendidly disturbing time!
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I believe that God gave us life for happiness, not misery.
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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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Literature is my Utopia
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I believe in the immortality of the soul because I have within me immortal longings.
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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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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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Never bend your head. Hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.
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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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Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another’s pain, life is not in vain.
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