 Literature is my utopia. Here I am not disfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourse of my book-friends. They talk to me without embarrassment or awkwardness.
– Helen Keller (1880-1968) |
Category Archives: Helen Keller
Helen Keller – Trial and suffering and character
| 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.
– Helen Keller (1880-1968) |
Helen Keller – The mystery of language
| The mystery of language was revealed to me. I knew then that ‘w-a-t-e-r’ meant the wonderful cool something that was flowing over my hand. That living word awakened my soul, gave it light, joy, set it free!
– Helen Keller (1880-1968) |
Helen Keller – When one door of happiness closes
| When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.
– Helen Keller (1880-1968) |
Helen Keller – Science has found no remedy for apathy
| 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 (1880-1968) |
Helen Keller – Face to the sunshine
| Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.
– Helen Keller (1880-1968) |
Helen Keller – The fallen angel of the senses
| For some inexplicable reason the sense of smell does not hold the high position it deserves among its sisters. There is something of the fallen angel about it.
– Helen Keller (1880-1968) |
Helen Keller – Felt with the heart
| The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt within the heart.
– Helen Keller (1880-1968) |
