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Upon Quotes by Helen Keller
- I have visited sweatshops, factories, and crowded slums. If I could not see it, I could smell it. The foundation of society is laid upon…
- Optimism, then, is a fact within my own heart. But as I look out upon life, my heart meets no contradiction. The outward world justifies…
- We still have it in our power to rise above the fears, imagined and real, and to shoulder the great burdens which destiny has placed…
- The idea of brotherhood re-dawns upon the world with a broader significance than the narrow association of members in a sect or creed.
- When I recollect the treasure of friendship that has been bestowed upon me I withdraw all charges against life. If much has been denied me,…
- If we believe that the sun and moon hang in the sky for our delight, there will be joy upon the hills and gladness in…
- I look upon the whole world as my fatherland, and every war has to me the horror of a family feud.
- 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,…
- ...our enjoyment of the great works of literature depends more upon the depth of our sympathy than upon our understanding.
- 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…
- The one resolution, which was in my mind long before it took the form of a resolution, is the key-note of my life. It is…
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