Helen Keller Quotes
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Better to be blind and see with your heart, than to have two good eyes and see nothing.
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The one resolution, which was in my mind long before it took the form of a resolution, is the key-note of my life. It is this, always to regard as mere impertinences of fate the handicaps which were placed upon my life almost at the beginning. I resolved that they should not crush or dwarf my soul, but rather be made to blossom, like Aaron's rod, with flowers.
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Silver is purified in fire and so are we. It is in the most trying times that our real character is shaped and revealed.
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We differ, blind and seeing, one from another, not in our senses, but in the use we make of them, in the imagination and courage with which we seek wisdom beyond all senses.
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If it is true that the violin is the most perfect of musical instruments, then Greek is the violin of human thought.
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I feel the delightful, velvety texture of a flower, and discover its remarkable convolutions; and something of the miracle of Nature is revealed to me.
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True friends never apart maybe in distance but never in heart
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Every optimist moves along with progress and hastens it, while every pessimist would keep the worlds at a standstill. The consequence of pessimism in the life of a nation is the same as in the life of the individual. Pessimism kills the instinct that urges men to struggle against poverty, ignorance and crime, and dries up all the fountains of joy in the world.
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The chief handicap of the blind is not blindness, but the attitude of seeing people towards them.
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The worst thing is to be born sighted but to lack vision.
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For three things I thank God every day of my life: thanks that he has vouchsafed me knowledge of his works; deep thanks that he has set in my darkness the lamp of faith; deep, deepest thanks that I have another life to look forward to--a life joyous with light and flowers and heavenly song.
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It gives me a deep comforting sense that Things seen are temporal and things unseen are eternal.
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The heart of a friend gives out sufficient light for us in the dark to rise by.
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Don't give me the peace that passeth understanding, give me understanding.
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Fear: the best way out is through.
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Truly I have looked in the very heart of darkness and refused to yield to its paralyzing influence, but in spirit I am one of those who walk the morning.
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Our democracy is but a name. We vote? What does that mean? It means that we choose between two bodies of real, though not avowed, autocrats. We choose between Tweedledum and Tweedledee.
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To keep our faces toward chance and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable.
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Sick or well, blind or seeing, bond or free, we are here for a purpose and however we are situated, we please God better with useful deeds than with many prayers or pious resignation. The temple or church is empty unless the good of life fills it . . . holy if only . . . we offer the only sacrifices ever commanded-the love that is stronger than hate and the faith that overcometh doubt.
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Making a mistake is falling down; failure is not getting up again.
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Love? Why ... it is what everybody feels for everybody else.
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Relationships are like Rome -- difficult to start out, incredible during the prosperity of the 'golden age', and unbearable during the fall. Then, a new kingdom will come along and the whole process will repeat itself until you come across a kingdom like Egypt... that thrives, and continues to flourish. This kingdom will become your best friend, your soul mate, and your love.
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Our worst foes are not belligerent circumstances, but wavering spirits.
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Once I knew the depth where no hope was and darkness lay on the face of all things. Then love came and set my soul free.