Not the senses I have but what I do with them is my kingdom. Helen Keller More Quotes by Helen Keller More Quotes From Helen Keller Children who hear acquire language without any particular effort; the words that fall from others' lips they catch on the wing, as it were, delightedly, while the little deaf child must trap them by a slow and often painful process. But whatever the process, the result is wonderful. Gradually from naming an object we advance step by step until we have traversed the vast distance between our first stammered syllable and the sweep of thought in a line of Shakespeare. Helen Keller distancechildrenfall True friends never apart maybe in distance but never in heart Helen Keller long-distance-relationshiptrue-friendbest-friend A smile goes a long way, but you must first start it on its journey. Helen Keller smilejourneylong Poetry is the gate through which I enter the land of enchantment. Once inside the flaming wall, my limitations fall from me, and my spirit is free. Helen Keller walllandfall To be blind is bad, but worse is to have eyes and not see. Helen Keller life-and-lovewisdomsuccess Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow. Helen Keller firejoymorning So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good. Helen Keller inspiringfriendshipmemories While they were saying among themselves it cannot be done, it was done. Helen Keller bad-assdeterminationhappiness Doubts and mistrust are the mere panic of timid imagination, which the steadfast heart will conquer, and the large mind transcend. Helen Keller imaginationheartmotivational Sick or well, blind or seeing, bond or free, we are here for a purpose and however we are situated, we please God better with useful deeds than with many prayers or pious resignation. The temple or church is empty unless the good of life fills it . . . holy if only . . . we offer the only sacrifices ever commanded-the love that is stronger than hate and the faith that overcometh doubt. Helen Keller hateprayerlife Sometimes, it is true, a sense of isolation enfolds me like a cold mist as I sit alone and wait at life’s shut gate. Beyond there is light, and music, and sweet companionship; but I may not enter. Fate, silent, pitiless, bars the way…Silence sits immense upon my soul. Then comes hope with a smile and whispers, ‘there is joy is self-forgetfulness.’ So I try to make the light in others’ eyes my sun, the music in others; ears my symphony, the smile on others’ lips my happiness. Helen Keller fateeyesweet It gives me a deep comforting sense that Things seen are temporal and things unseen are eternal. Helen Keller unseen-thingsgivingscience I trust, and I recognize the beneficence of the power which we all worship as supreme- Order, Fate, the Great Spirit, Nature, God. I recognize this power in the sun that makes all things grow and keeps life afoot. I make a friend of this indefinable force…this is my religion of optimism. Helen Keller optimismfateorder The best educated human being is the one who understands most about the life in which he is placed. Helen Keller educatedawarenesseducation When indeed shall we learn that we are all related one to the other, that we are all members of one body? Helen Keller relatedmembersbody Death is no more than passing from one room into another. Helen Keller griefheavendeath Things must be felt with the heart. Helen Keller long-distance-relationshipvalentineheart The inferiority of women is man-made. Helen Keller inferioritymademen No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels that happiness is his indisputable right. Helen Keller wisehappyhappiness Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain. Helen Keller painhelping-othersbelieve
