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Trying to write is very much like trying to put a Chinese puzzle together. We have a pattern in mind which we wish to work out in words but the words will not fit the spaces, or, if they do, they will not match the design.

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Helen Keller
Age: 87 †
Born: 1880
Born: June 27
Died: 1968
Died: June 1
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Helen Adams Keller
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Only in quietness do we possess our own minds and discover the resources of the Inner Life.
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The worst thing in the world is not to be born blind, but to be born with sight, and yet have no vision.
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We cannot freely and wisely choose the right way for ourselves unless we know both good and evil.
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Do not think of to-day's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow.
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Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought. Strike against manufacturing shrapnel and gas bombs and all other tools of murder. Strike against preparedness that means death and misery to millions of human beings. Be not dumb, obedient slaves in an army of destruction. Be heroes in an army of construction.
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I learned that it is possible for us to create light, sound and order within us no matter what calamity befall us in the outer world.
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A good education is a stepping-stone to wealth.
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I, who have never heard a sound, tell you there is no silence, and I, who have never seen a ray of light, tell you there is no darkness.
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Speech is the birthright of every child. It is the deaf child's one fair chance to keep in touch with his fellows.
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The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.
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I have depended on books not only for pleasure and for the wisdom they bring to all who read, but also for that knowledge which comes to others through their eyes and their ears.
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The living word awakened my soul, gave it light, hope, joy, set it free!
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God himself is not secure, having given man dominion over his work.
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There is joy in self-forgetfulness. So I try to make the light in others' eyes my sun, the music in others' ears my symphony, the smile on others' lips my happiness.
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Touch each object as if tomorrow you would never be able to feel anything again.
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Rebuffed, but always persevering self-reproached, but ever regaining faith undaunted, tenacious, the heart of man labors toward immeasurably distant goals.
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The beginning of my life was simple and much like every other little life. I came, I saw, I conquered, as the first baby in the family always does.
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A child must feel the flush of victory and the heart-sinking of disappointment before he takes with a will to the tasks distasteful to him and resolves to dance his way through a dull routine of textbooks.
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Smell is a fallen angel.
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Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight. True education combines intellect, beauty, goodness, and the greatest of these is goodness. When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.
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