"Poetry is the gate through which I enter……" — Helen Keller
"Poetry is the gate through which I enter the land of enchantment. Once inside the flaming wall, my limitations fall from me, and my spirit is free."
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Helen Keller
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370 Quotes by Helen Keller
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Gullibility is the key to all adventures. The greenhorn is the ultimate victor in everything; it is he who gets…
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What a joy it is to feel the soft, springy earth under my feet once more, to follow grassy roads…
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I feel the delightful, velvety texture of a flower, and discover its remarkable convolutions; and something of the miracle of…
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A well-educated mind will always have more questions than answers.
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Tolerance is the first principle of community; it is the spirit which conserves the best that all men think.
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I have visited sweatshops, factories, and crowded slums. If I could not see it, I could smell it. The foundation…
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Be not dumb, obedient slaves in an army of destruction! Be heroes in an army of construction!
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Life is short and unpredictable. Eat the dessert first!
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Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow.
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Once I knew the depth where no hope was and darkness lay on the face of all things. Then love…
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Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.
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I could never stay long enough on the shore; the tang of the untainted, fresh, and free sea air was…
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More Enchantment Quotes
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Study lends a kind of enchantment to all our surroundings.
— Honore de Balzac
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I loved 'Fantasia' as a kid because it filled me with wonder, enchantment and awe. It was my first real…
— Nicolas Cage
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He who knows what sweets and virtues are in the ground, the plants, the waters, the heavens, and how to…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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He it is, the innermost one, who awakens my being with his deep hidden touches. He it is who puts…
— Rabindranath Tagore
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How glad I am to be able to roam in the wood and thicket, among trees and flowers and rocks…
— Ludwig van Beethoven
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Speculation is the romance of trade, and casts contempt upon on all its sober realities. It renders the stock-jobber a…
— Washington Irving
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The only words that ever satisfied me as describing nature are the terms used in fairy books, charm, spell, enchantment;…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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We were born with a natural tendency to focus on love. Our imaginations were creative and flourishing, and we knew…
— Marianne Williamson
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From the very fountain of enchantment there arises a taste of bitterness to spread anguish amongst the flowers.
— Lucretius
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Everything a cat is and does physically is to me beautiful, lovely, stimulating, soothing, attractive and an enchantment.
— Paul Gallico
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A false enchantment can all too easily last a lifetime.
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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Banish (the onion) from the kitchen and the pleasure flies with it. Its presence lends color and enchantment to the…
— Elizabeth Robins Pennell
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