I believe humility is a virtue, but I prefer not to use it unless it is absolutely necessary. Helen Keller More Quotes by Helen Keller More Quotes From Helen Keller The danger of having the Constitution twisted and misconstrued to support vested interests and prejudices must be guarded against if American democracy is to maintain a progressive character. Helen Keller support democracy character Certainly it is one of our sweetest experiences that when we are touched by some noble affection or pure joy, we remember the dead most tenderly, and feel more powerfully drawn to them. Helen Keller affection noble joy Knowledge is happiness, because to have knowledge - broad, deep knowledge - is to know true ends from false, and lofty things from low. Helen Keller knowledge-and-power deep-life family It was my teacher's genius, her quick sympathy, her loving tact which made the first years of my education so beautiful. It was because she seized the right moment to impart knowledge that made it so pleasant and acceptable to me. Helen Keller wisdom beautiful teacher 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 true that I derive genuine pleasure from touching great works of art. As my finger tips trace line and curve, they discover the thought and emotion which the artist has portrayed. Helen Keller inspiration beauty art I am only one, Helen Keller volunteer solitude responsibility More than at any other time, when I hold a beloved book in my hand my limitations fall from me, my spirit is free. Helen Keller book hands fall 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. Others there are whose hands have sunbeams in them, so that their grasp warms my heart. It may be only the clinging touch of a child's hand; but there is as much potential sunshine in it for me as there is in a loving glance for others. A hearty handshake or a friendly letter gives me genuine pleasure. Helen Keller sunshine heart children A person who is severely impaired never knows his hidden sources of strength until he is treated like a normal human being and encouraged to shape his own life. Helen Keller normal source shapes Trying to write is very much like trying to put a Chinese puzzle together. We have a pattern in mind which we wish to work out in words; but the words will not fit the spaces, or, if they do, they will not match the design. Helen Keller work-out space writing We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough. Helen Keller motivational inspirational life There is in the blind as in the seeing an Absolute which gives truth to what we know to be true, order to what is orderly, beauty to the beautiful, touchableness to what is tangible. Helen Keller beautiful giving order I grow more and more suspicious of the political powers that take men away from their work and set them shooting one another. Helen Keller shooting political men It is certain that I cannot always distinguish my own thoughts from those I read, because what I read becomes the very substance and text of my mind. Helen Keller certain substance mind Burn brightly without burning out. Throw your heart over the fense and the rest will follow. Keep your face to the sunshine and you wont see the shadows Helen Keller sunshine positive-thinking heart When one reads hurriedly and nervously, having in mind written tests and examinations, one's brain becomes encumbered with a lot of bric-a-brac for which there seems to be little use. Helen Keller use mind brain Through my handicaps, I have found my self, my work, my God. Helen Keller handicaps self found Where once stood the steadfast pines, great, beautiful, sweet, my hand touched raw, moist stumps. All about lay broken branches, like the antlers of stricken deer. The fragrant, piled-up sawdust swirled and tumbled about me. An unreasoning resentment flashed through me at the ruthless destruction of the beauty that I love. Helen Keller beautiful sweet hands When one comes to think of it, there are no such things as divine, immutable, or inalienable rights. Rights are things we get when we are strong enough to make good our claim on them. Helen Keller strong rights thinking 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
