Christmas Day is the festival of optimism. Helen Keller More Quotes by Helen Keller More Quotes From Helen Keller I have walked with people whose eyes are full of light but who see nothing in sea or sky, nothing in city streets, nothing in books. It were far better to sail forever in the night of blindness with sense, and feeling, and mind, than to be content with the mere act of seeing. The only lightless dark is the night of darkness in ignorance and insensibility. Helen Keller eye ignorance book The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse. Helen Keller valleys half dark What could be worse than being born without sight? Being born with sight and no vision. Helen Keller born vision sight I have made my limitations tools of learning and true joy. Helen Keller true-joy tools made One should never count the years -- one should instead count one's interests. I have kept young trying never to lose my childhood sense of wonderment. I'm glad I still have a vivid curiosity about the world I live in. Helen Keller childhood curiosity years The few who profit from the labor of the masses want to organize the workers into an army which will protect the interests of the capitalists. Helen Keller profit army want We can decide to let our trials crush us, or we can convert them to new forces of good. Helen Keller crush force trials Faith is a mockery if it does not teach us that we can build a more complete and beautiful world. Helen Keller doe beautiful world Not the senses I have but what I do with them is my kingdom. Helen Keller senses kingdoms success The hands of those I meet are dumbly eloquent to me. The touch of some hands is an impertinence. I have met people so empty of joy, that when I clasped their frosty finger-tips, it seemed as if I were shaking hands with a northeast storm. Helen Keller joy hands people The civilization of a state should be measured by the amount of suffering it prevents and the degree of happiness it makes possible for its citizens. Helen Keller degrees suffering civilization He who marries the spirit of the age soon becomes a widower. Helen Keller widowers spirit age It has been said that life has treated me harshly; and sometimes I have complained in my heart because many pleasures of human experience have been withheld from me...if much has been denied me, much, very much, has been given me. Helen Keller pleasure heart sometimes What a joy it is to feel the soft, springy earth under my feet once more, to follow grassy roads that lead to ferny brooks where I can bathe my fingers in a cataract of rippling notes, or to clamber over a stone wall into green fields that tumble and roll and climb in riotous gladness! Helen Keller gratitude nature appreciation If we believe that the sun and moon hang in the sky for our delight, there will be joy upon the hills and gladness in the fields. Helen Keller moon sky believe I, who have never heard a sound, tell you there is no silence, and I, who have never seen a ray of light, tell you there is no darkness. Helen Keller silence light darkness It is not possible to refer a complex difficulty to a single cause. Helen Keller difficulty complexity causes Fear: the best way out is through. Helen Keller best-way way Use your eyes as if tomorrow you would become blind. Helen Keller tomorrow eye use To get Congress to do anything. Helen Keller congress
