People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant. Helen Keller More Quotes by Helen Keller More Quotes From Helen Keller Be not dumb, obedient slaves in an army of destruction. Be heroes in an army of construction. Helen Keller herowarpeace The few own the many because they possess the means of livelihood of all ... The country is governed for the richest, for the corporations, the bankers, the land speculators, and for the exploiters of labor. The majority of mankind are working people. So long as their fair demands - the ownership and control of their livelihoods - are set at naught, we can have neither men's rights nor women's rights. The majority of mankind is ground down by industrial oppression in order that the small remnant may live in ease. Helen Keller menmeancountry Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle. Helen Keller cyclingmotivationalinspirational I wonder what becomes of lost opportunities? Perhaps our guardian angel gathers them up as we drop them, and will give them back to us in the beautiful sometime when we have grown wiser, and learned how to use them rightly. Helen Keller angelopportunitybeautiful Many people know so little about what is beyond their short range of experience. They look within themselves - and find nothing! Therefore they conclude that there is nothing outside themselves either. Helen Keller immaturemotivationalpeople I am conscious of a soul-sense that lifts me above the narrow, cramping circumstances of my life. My physical limitations are forgotten- my world lies upward, the length and the breadth and the sweep of the heavens are mine! Helen Keller soulheavenlying Relationships are like Rome -- difficult to start out, incredible during the prosperity of the 'golden age', and unbearable during the fall. Then, a new kingdom will come along and the whole process will repeat itself until you come across a kingdom like Egypt... that thrives, and continues to flourish. This kingdom will become your best friend, your soul mate, and your love. Helen Keller soulmaterelationshipfall Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow. Helen Keller motivationalpositiveinspirational I do not mean to object to a thorough knowledge of the famous works we read. I object only to the interminable comments and bewildering criticisms that teach but one thing: there are as many opinions as there are men. Helen Keller thorough-knowledgemenmean No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars. Helen Keller optimisticstarsnature Life is a daring adventure or nothing. Helen Keller life-isadventuretravel If we make up our minds that this is a drab and purposeless universe, it will be that, and nothing else. On the other hand, if we believe that the earth is ours, and that the sun and moon hang in the sky for our delight, there will be joy upon the hills and gladness in the fields because the Artist in our souls glorifies creation. Surely, it gives dignity to life to believe that we are born into this world for noble ends, and that we have a higher destiny than can be accomplished within the narrow limits of this physical life. Helen Keller moonartistbelieve Life is an adventure or nothing Helen Keller life-is-an-adventurelife-isadventure I do not like the world as it is; so I am trying to make it a little more as I want it. Helen Keller wanttryingworld I, for one, love strength, daring, fortitude. I do not want people to kill the fight in them; I want them to fight for right things. Helen Keller fightingwantpeople The heresy of one age becomes the orthodoxy of the next. Helen Keller womendemocracymemorable Now I feel as if I should succeed in doing something in mathematics, although I cannot see why it is so very important. . . The knowledge doesn't make life any sweeter or happier, does it? Helen Keller mathlifeknowledge To keep our faces toward chance and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable. Helen Keller fatestrengthinspirational The power of effecting changes for the better is within ourselves, not in the favorableness of circumstances. Helen Keller change-for-the-bettercircumstances 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
