Helen Keller
American writer
Lived from: 1880 - 1968
Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: United States
Born: 27 june 1880 Died: 1 june 1968
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Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved.
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College isn't the place to go for ideas.
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I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.
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It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision.
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Keep your face to the sunshine and you will see no shadow .
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Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
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Many people have the wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
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When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.
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Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.
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Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.
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As selfishness and complaint pervert and cloud the mind, so love with its joy clears and sharpens the vision.
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Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.
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But of the senses, I am sure that sight must be the most delightful.
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Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there's a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see.
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God himself is not secure, having given man dominion over his work.
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I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; And because I cannot do everything I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.
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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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It is not possible for civilization to flow backwards while there is youth in the world. Youth may be headstrong, but it will advance it allotted length.
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Knowledge is love and light and vision.
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Life is an exciting business and most exciting when it is lived for others.
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