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 More Quotes by Helen Keller More Quotes From Helen Keller As selfishness and complaint pervert the mind, so love with its joy clears and sharpens the vision. Helen Keller night-vision selfish-people true-joy I regard philanthropy as a tragic apology for wrong conditions under which human beings live. Helen Keller philanthropy charity apology So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain. Helen Keller generosity pain long The test of a democracy is not the magnificence of buildings or the speed of automobiles or the efficiency of air transportation, but rather the care given to the welfare of all the people. Helen Keller compassion air people The welfare of each is bound up in the welfare of all. Helen Keller welfare teamwork life Serious harm, I am afraid, has been wrought to our generation by fostering the idea that they would live secure in a permanent order of things. Helen Keller nature animal order ...our enjoyment of the great works of literature depends more upon the depth of our sympathy than upon our understanding. Helen Keller depth understanding literature The greatest tragedy in life is people who have sight but no vision. Helen Keller vision sight people Our democracy is but a name. We vote? What does that mean? It means that we choose between two bodies of real, though not avowed, autocrats. We choose between Tweedledum and Tweedledee.… You ask for votes for women. What good can votes do when ten-elevenths of the land of Great Britain belongs to 200,000 and only one-eleventh to the rest of the 40,000,000? Have your men with their millions of votes freed themselves from this injustice? Helen Keller real men mean Do not think of to-day's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. Helen Keller failure giving-up cheer If we spend the time we waste in sighing for the perfect golden fruit in fulfilling the conditions of its growth, happiness will come, must come. It is guaranteed in the very laws of the universe. If it involves some chastening and renunciation, well, the fruit will be all the sweeter for this touch of holiness. Helen Keller growth law perfect Next to a leisurely walk I enjoy a spin on my tandem bicycle. It is splendid to feel the wind blowing in my face and the springy motion of my iron steed. The rapid rush through the air gives me a delicious sense of strength and buoyancy, and the exercise makes my pulse dance and my heart sing. Helen Keller healing heart inspirational The human being is born with an incurable capacity for making the best of things. Helen Keller born humans capacity Happiness is a state of mind, and depends very little on outward circumstances. Helen Keller mind littles happiness Few pleasures there are indeed without an aftertouch of pain, but that is the preservation which keeps them sweet. Helen Keller pleasure pain sweet The joy of surmounting obstacles which once seemed unremovable, and pushing the frontier of accomplishment further — what joy is there like unto it? Helen Keller pushing accomplishment joy History is a record of the incessant struggle of humanity against ignorance and oppression. Helen Keller ignorance humanity struggle There is plenty of courage among us for the abstract, but not for the concrete. Helen Keller concrete plenty abstract I feel the flame of eternity in my soul. Helen Keller flames eternity soul The beginning of my life was simple and much like every other little life. I came, I saw, I conquered, as the first baby in the family always does. Helen Keller simple baby life
