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Words are the mind's wings, are they not?

Helen Keller

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Helen Keller
Age: 87 †
Born: 1880
Born: June 27
Died: 1968
Died: June 1
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Autobiographer
Essayist
Linguist
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Peace Activist
Political Activist
Suffragette
Trade Unionist
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Tuscumbia
Alabama
Helen Adams Keller
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When one reads hurriedly and nervously, having in mind written tests and examinations, one's brain becomes encumbered with a lot of bric-a-brac for which there seems to be little use.
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Few pleasures there are indeed without an aftertouch of pain, but that is the preservation which keeps them sweet.
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The continued lynchings and other crimes against negroes, whether in New England or the South, and unspeakable political exponents of white supremacy, according to all recorded history, augur ill for America's future.
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As the eagle was killed by the arrow winged with his own feather, so the hand of the world is wounded by its own skill.
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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.
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No loss by flood and lightning, no destruction of cities and temples by the hostile forces of nature, has deprived man of so many noble lives and impulses as those which his intolerance has destroyed.
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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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Burn brightly without burning out. Throw your heart over the fense and the rest will follow. Keep your face to the sunshine and you wont see the shadows
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How futile are words in the ears of those who mourn.
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To be blind is bad, but worse is to have eyes and not see.
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Of all the senses, sight must be the most delightful.
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Even if you have a problem, you don't need to be one.
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The idea of brotherhood re-dawns upon the world with a broader significance than the narrow association of members in a sect or creed.
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It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal.
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A well-educated mind will always have more questions than answers.
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Faith reinvigorates the will, enriches the affections, and awakens a sense of creativeness. Active faith knows no fear, and it is a safeguard to me against cynicism and despair.
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It is better to have no sight than it is to have no vision.
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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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Great poetry needs no interpreter other than a responsive heart.
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When indeed shall we learn that we are all related one to the other, that we are all members of one body?
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