Helen Keller Says: “So long as I confine my activities to social service and the blind, they compliment me extravagantly, calling me ‘arch priestess of the sightless,’ ‘wonder woman,’ and a ‘modern miracle.’ But when it comes to a discussion…
Helen Keller Says: “Silver is purified in fire and so are we. It is in the most trying times that our real character is shaped and revealed.”
Helen Keller Says: “Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.”
Helen Keller Says: “Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all – the apathy of human beings.”
Helen Keller Says: “People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.”
Helen Keller Says: “No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.”
Helen Keller Says: “Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.”
Helen Keller Says: “My share of the work may be limited, but the fact that it is work makes it precious.”
Helen Keller Says: “My friends have made the story of my life. In a thousand ways they have turned my limitations into beautiful privileges.
Helen Keller Says: “Museums and art stores are also sources of pleasure and inspiration. Doubtless it will seem strange to many that the hand unaided by sight can feel action, sentiment, beauty in the cold marble; and yet it is…