Helen Keller

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

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

My darkness has been filled with the light of intelligence, and behold, the outer day-lit world was stumbling and groping read more

My darkness has been filled with the light of intelligence, and behold, the outer day-lit world was stumbling and groping in social blindness.

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as read more

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole read more

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.

Many persons have the wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity read more

Many persons have the wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.