Helen Keller Quotes

More than at any other time, when I hold a beloved book in my

hand my limitations fall from me, my spirit is free.
No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars or sailed to
an uncharted land or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.
Once I knew only darkness and stillness...my life was without
past or future...but a little word from the fingers of another fell
into my hand that clutched at emptiness, and my heart leaped to
the rapture of living.
Only people count. Only people who think and feel and work
together make civilization.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be
done without hope.
Optimism that does not count the cost, is like a house built on
sand.
People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach
conclusions. onclusions are not always pleasant.
!cience may have found a cure for most evils" but it has found
no remedy for the worst of them all # the apathy of human
beings