He who is content with what has been done is an obstacle in the path of progress. Helen Keller More Quotes by Helen Keller More Quotes From Helen Keller Happiness rarely keeps company with an empty stomach Helen Keller stomachemptycompany It is with a kind of fear that I begin to write the history of my life. Helen Keller story-of-my-lifekindwriting I take happiness very seriously. It is a creed, a philosophy and an objective. Helen Keller creedsobjectivesphilosophy We have prayed, we have coaxed, we have begged, for the vote, with the hope that men, out of chivalry, would bestow equal rights upon women and take them into partnership in the affairs of the state. We hoped that their common sense would triumph over prejudices and stupidity. We thought their boasted sense of justice would overcome the errors that so often fetter the human spirit; but we have always gone away empty handed. We shall beg no more. Helen Keller errorsrightsmen Every child has a right to be well-born, well-nurtured and well-taught, and only the freedom of woman can guarantee him this right. Helen Keller taughtguaranteeschildren The woman who works for a dollar a day has as much right as any other human being to say what the conditions of her work should be. Helen Keller dollarshumansshould I think the degree of a nation's civilisation may be measured by the degree of enlightenment of its women. Helen Keller enlightenmentdegreesthinking Personally I do not believe in a national agency devoted only to the negro blind because in spirit and principle I am against all segregation, and the blind already have difficulties enough without being cramped and harassed by social barriers. Helen Keller agencyprinciplesbelieve The continued lynchings and other crimes against negroes, whether in New England or the South, and unspeakable political exponents of white supremacy, according to all recorded history, augur ill for America's future. Helen Keller lynchingwhiteamerica The saddest thing in life is people with sight, but without vision. Helen Keller things-in-lifesightpeople We should not think of conversion as the acceptance of a particular creed, but as a change of heart. Helen Keller acceptanceheartthinking One painful duty fulfilled makes the next plainer and easier. Helen Keller self-disciplinenextpainful We cannot freely and wisely choose the right way for ourselves unless we know both good and evil. Helen Keller evilknowsway If it is true that the violin is the most perfect of musical instruments, then Greek is the violin of human thought. Helen Keller musicalgreekperfect I demand that the world be good, and lo, it obeys. I proclaim the world good, and facts range themselves to prove my proclamation overwhelmingly true. To what good I open the doors of my being, and jealously shut them against what is bad. Such is the force of this beautiful and willful conviction, it carries itself in the face of all opposition. I am never discouraged by absence of good. I never can be argued into hopelessness. Doubt and mistrust are the mere panic of timid imagination, which the steadfast heart will conquer, and the large mind transcend. Helen Keller heartdoorsbeautiful I, who cannot see, find hundreds of things to interest me through mere touch. I feel the delicate symmetry of a leaf. I pass my hands lovingly about the smooth skin of a silver birch, or the rough shaggy bark of a pine. Helen Keller eyetakenmean I don't give a damn about semi-radicals! Helen Keller radicaldamngiving Cut off as I am, it is inevitable that I should sometimes feel like a shadow walking in a shadowy world. When this happens I ask to be taken to New York City. Always I return home weary but I have the comforting certainty that mankind is real flesh and I myself am not a dream. Helen Keller realnew-yorkdream I am a child of my generation, and I rejoice that I live in such splendidly disturbing times. Helen Keller disturbingrejoicelife If you look toward the sunshine, you will never see the shadows. Helen Keller sunshineshadowlooks
