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.
The bulk of the world’s knowledge is an imaginary construction.
The World I Live In (1908), ch. 8: The Five-Sensed WorldBe not dumb, obedient slaves in an army of destruction. Be heroes in an army of construction.
“Strike Against War”, speech in Carnegie Hall (5 January 1916)Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought.
“Strike Against War”, speech in Carnegie Hall (5 January 1916)- Let Us Have Faith (1940), ch. “Faith Fears Not”, pp. 50–51; repr. in The Open Door (1957)
- Letter to Dr. James Kerr Love (1910), published in Helen Keller in Scotland: a personal record written by herself (1933), edited by James Kerr Love
- Let Us Have Faith (1940), ch. “Faith Fears Not”, pp. 50–51; repr. in The Open Door (1957)
The only real blind person at Christmas-time is he who has not Christmas in his heart.
“Christmas in the Dark” in Ladies Home Journal (December 1906)- The Story of My Life (1903), Ch. 21
- Three Days to See (1933)
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
Address to the American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf, Mt. Airy, Philadelphia (8 July 1896)- Optimism (1903)
- The Story of My Life (1903), Ch. 4
