Quotes from Helen Keller

The inferiority of women is man-made.

Rebuffed, but always persevering; self-reproached, but ever regaining faith; undaunted, tenacious, the heart of man labors toward immeasurably distant goals.

Truly I have looked in the very heart of darkness and refused to yield to its paralyzing influence, but in spirit I am one of those who walk the morning.

Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

Doubts and mistrust are the mere panic of timid imagination, which the steadfast heart will conquer, and the large mind transcend.

The most beautiful world is always entered through imagination.

Look the world straight in the eye.

Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.

Defeat is simply a signal to press onward.

It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision.

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.

Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousands of miles and all the years you have lived.

No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars.

The tragic side of many architectural enterprises is that they destroy natural beauties which are a priceless possession and cannot be replaced.

Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight.

The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, but has no vision.

World peace will never come until the passion of supremacy is combated.

Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought.

The best preparedness is the one that disarms the hostility of other nations and makes friends of them.

Don't give me the peace that passeth understanding, give me understanding.

I do not want the peace which pass-eth understanding I want the understanding which bringeth peace.

I take happiness very seriously. It is a creed, a philosophy and an objective.

Poetry is the gate through which I enter the land of enchantment. Once inside the flaming wall, my limitations fall from me, and my spirit is free.

Our democracy is but a name. We vote? What does that mean? It means we choose between two bodies of real, though not avowed, autocrats. We choose between Tweedledum and Tweedledee...