72 Quotes By Helen Keller


The heresy of one age becomes the orthodoxy of the next.
Helen Keller on age

Alone we can do so little together we can do so much.
Helen Keller on alone

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.
Helen Keller on alone

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.
Helen Keller on best

When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.
Helen Keller on best

Life is an exciting business, and most exciting when it is lived for others.
Helen Keller on business

Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there's a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see.
Helen Keller on death

The highest result of education is tolerance.
Helen Keller on education

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
Helen Keller on experience

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.
Helen Keller on experience

The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome. The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse.
Helen Keller on experience

Many people know so little about what is beyond their short range of experience. They look within themselves - and find nothing! Therefore they conclude that there is nothing outside themselves either.
Helen Keller on experience

Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.
Helen Keller on faith

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
Helen Keller on faith

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.
Helen Keller on friendship

So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.
Helen Keller on friendship

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.
Helen Keller on future

It's wonderful to climb the liquid mountains of the sky. Behind me and before me is God and I have no fears.
Helen Keller on god

It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui.
Helen Keller on good

So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.
Helen Keller on good