Helen Keller1880–1968The quotations of
Helen Keller
American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar
1880–1968
27 quotes, most often on War & Peace, Friendship and Life & Death.
- Letter to Rev. Phillips Brooks (8 June 1891)
Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.
The world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming it.
Optimism (1903)I do not want the peace that passeth understanding. I want the understanding which bringeth peace.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement; nothing can be done without hope.
Optimism (1903)- We Bereaved (1929)
A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships.
The Simplest Way to be Happy (1933)- The Story of My Life (1903), Ch. 21
- The Five-sensed World (1910)
- “Helen and Teacher: The Story of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan Macy”, Joseph P. Lash (1980)
I would rather walk with a friend in the dark than walk alone in the light.
“Helen and Teacher: The Story of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan Macy”, Joseph P. Lash (1980)- The Story of My Life (1903), Part III, Ch. 2: Personality
- Optimism (1903)
- Optimism (1903)
