Education should train the child to use his brains, to make for himself a place in the world and maintain his rights… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
They took away what should have been my eyes (but I remembered Milton's Paradise). They took away what should have been my… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
One should never count the years -- one should instead count one's interests. I have kept young trying never to lose my… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
The things you do today that you don't have to do will determine who, what, and where you will be when it… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
Once it was necessary that the people should multiply and be fruitful if the race was to survive. But now to preserve… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
We the living, should not think of the dead as lonely because if they could speak to us, they would say: "Do… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
Deep, solemn optimism, it seems to me, should spring from this firm belief in the presence of God in the individual; not… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
We should not think of conversion as the acceptance of a particular creed, but as a change of heart. — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
The one resolution, which was in my mind long before it took the form of a resolution, is the key-note of my… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
Now I feel as if I should succeed in doing something in mathematics, although I cannot see why it is so very… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
What if in my waking hours a sound should ring through the silent halls of hearing? ... Would the bow and string… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
“I sometimes wonder if the hand is not more sensitive to the beauties of sculpture than the eye. I should think the… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
The civilization of a state should be measured by the amount of suffering it prevents and the degree of happiness it makes… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
Certainly I believe that God gave us life for happiness, not misery. Humanity, I am sure, will never be made lazy or… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
If I regarded my life from the point of view of the pessimist, I should be undone. I should seek in vain… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
For my part, I wish, with Mr. Howells, that the literature of the past might be purged of all that is ugly… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
Cut off as I am, it is inevitable that I should sometimes feel like a shadow walking in a shadowy world. When… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
What do I consider a teacher should be? One who breathes life into knowledge so that it takes new form in progress… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
The woman who works for a dollar a day has as much right as any other human being to say what the… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
He who is content with what has been done is an obstacle in the path of progress. — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
The clatter of a changing world is not pleasant, and those who have enjoyed the comforts and protection of the old order may be… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
Be of good cheer. Do not think of today's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
When indeed shall we learn that we are all related one to the other, that we are all members of one body? Until the… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
I have visited sweatshops, factories, and crowded slums. If I could not see it, I could smell it. The foundation of society is laid… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
If we do not like our work, and do not try to get happiness out of it, we are a menace to our profession… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace. — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it. — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
Blindness separates us from things but deafness separates us from people. — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
