Helen Keller
Helen Keller
Helen Adams Kellerwas an American author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree. The story of how Keller's teacher, Anne Sullivan, broke through the isolation imposed by a near complete lack of language, allowing the girl to blossom as she learned to communicate, has become widely known through the dramatic depictions of the play and film The Miracle Worker. Her birthplace in West Tuscumbia, Alabama, is now a museum and...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth27 June 1880
CityTuscumbia, AL
CountryUnited States of America
I feel the flame of eternity in my soul.
health in all lands is among the indispensable guarantees of human progress.
Happiness is a state of mind, and depends very little on outward circumstances.
Instead of being satisfied to alleviate suffering, we shall labor hard and continually to prevent it.
The true task is to unite and organize all workers...and it is the workers themselves who must secure freedom for themselves....
I cannot remember how I felt when the light went out of my eyes. I suppose I felt it was always night and perhaps I wondered why the day did not come.
Don't give me the peace that passeth understanding, give me understanding.
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.
Love? Why ... it is what everybody feels for everybody else.
Change may be the vitalizing wind blowing through the house of life, but it is not an abiding force. We need permanent things to soak peace into us as well as progress - the beauty of the earth, seedtime and harvest, the smiles of lovers, the joy of the young in being alive, pride in craftsmanship. Why, oh why must we let ourselves forget these lasting treasures in an age of consuming ambition, speed madness and accumulated goods that leave us no chance to live? If we cannot be contented with a little no wealth will ever satisfy us.
It is better to have no sight than it is to have no vision.
The way forward is simple - just follow Christ!
The worst calamity: 'To have eyes and fail to see.'
World peace will never come until the passion of supremacy is combated.