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No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars.

Helen Keller

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Helen Keller
Age: 87 †
Born: 1880
Born: June 27
Died: 1968
Died: June 1
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Some people are foolish enough to imagine that wealth and power and fame satisfy our hearts: but they never do, unless they are used to create and distribute happiness in the world.
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When it seems that our sorrow is too great to be borne, let us think of the great family of the heavy-hearted into which our grief has given us entrance. And inevitably, we will feel about us their arms, their sympathy and their understanding.
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Four things to learn in life: To think clearly without hurry or confusion To love everybody sincerely To act in everything with the highest motives To trust God unhesitatingly.
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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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Be not dismayed in the future lies the Promised Land.
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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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All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming.
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Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged.
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Silver is purified in fire and so are we. It is in the most trying times that our real character is shaped and revealed.
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Next to a leisurely walk I enjoy a spin on my tandem bicycle. It is splendid to feel the wind blowing in my face and the springy motion of my iron steed. The rapid rush through the air gives me a delicious sense of strength and buoyancy, and the exercise makes my pulse dance and my heart sing.
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Our worst foes are not belligerent circumstances, but wavering spirits.
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The inferiority of women is man-made.
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Worse than being blind would be to be able to see but not have any vision.
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The tragic side of many architectural enterprises is that they destroy natural beauties which are a priceless possession and cannot be replaced.
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The true task is to unite and organize all workers...and it is the workers themselves who must secure freedom for themselves.
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When you lose your vision, you lose contact with things. When you lose your hearing, you lose contact with people.
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No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.
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Fear: the best way out is through.
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If the blind put their hands in God's, they find their way more surely than those who see but have not faith or purpose.
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