Education should train the child to use his brains, to make for himself a place in the world and maintain his rights even when it seems that society would shove him into the scrap-heap. Helen Keller More Quotes by Helen Keller More Quotes From Helen Keller One must envision the higher life and behave as if it were a fact before it can unfold. Helen Keller behave higher facts If the blind put their hands in God's, they find their way more surely than those who see but have not faith or purpose. Helen Keller purpose hands way For my part, I wish, with Mr. Howells, that the literature of the past might be purged of all that is ugly and barbarous in it, although I should object as much as any one to having these great works weakened or falsified. Helen Keller atheism wish past The highest thinkers of the ages, the seers of the tribes and the nations, have been optimists. Helen Keller maldives tribes age We should respect all people. Helen Keller should people Blindness separates people from things; deafness separates people from people. Helen Keller womens-rights deafness people The test of all beliefs is their practical effect in life. If it be true that optimism compels the world forward, and pessimism retards it, then it is dangerous to propagate a pessimistic philosophy. Helen Keller optimism family philosophy I do not remember a time since I have been capable of loving books that I have not loved Shakespeare. Helen Keller has-beens remember book I prefer to stroll which has a buddy at nighttime, than by itself inside the light. Helen Keller nighttime buddy light All truth goes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Then it is violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident. Facts are stubborn, and refusal to accept them does not avoid their inexorable effects-the tragic consequences are now upon us Helen Keller stubborn self firsts Christmas Day is the festival of optimism. Helen Keller optimism festivals christmas The wise fools who sit in the high places of justice fail to see that in revolutionary times vital issues are settled not by statutes, decrees and authorities, but in spite if them. Helen Keller issues wise justice Usually they are quick to discover that I cannot see or hear.... It is not training but love which impels them to break their silence about me with the thud of a tail rippling against my chair on gambols round the study, or news conveyed by expressive ear, nose, and paw. Often I yearn to give them speech, their motions are so eloquent with things they cannot say. Helen Keller silence dog giving When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long in disappointment and bitterness at the closed door that we do not expectantly look for and therefore see with pleasure and gratitude the one which has been opened for us. Helen Keller gratitude disappointment doors Be happy. Talk happiness. Helen Keller happiness Self-culture has been loudly and boastfully proclaimed as sufficient for all our ideals of perfection. But if we listen to the best men and women everywhere ... they will say that 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 perfection self men There is much in the Bible against which every instinct of my being rebels, so much that I regret the necessity which has compelled me to read it through from beginning to end. I do not think that the knowledge which I have gained of its history and sources compensates me for the unpleasant details it has forced upon my attention. Helen Keller regret bible thinking I look upon the whole world as my fatherland, and every war has to me the horror of a family feud. Helen Keller feuds war looks My life has been happy because I have had wonderful friends and plenty of interesting work to do. Helen Keller wonderful-friends has-beens interesting Smells are the fallen angels of the senses. Helen Keller smell fallen angel
