Quotes By Helen Keller

Of all the senses, sight must be the most delightful.

Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.

It is hard to interest those who have everything in those who have nothing.

True happiness... is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.

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.

It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui.

To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug.

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.

We may have found a cure for most evils; but we have found no remedy for the worst of them all, the apathy of human beings.

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.