Quotes by Helen Keller

"Securityis mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it.… Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure.… Life is either a daring adventure or nothing."

"Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it."

"There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who has not had a king among his."

"Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold."

"Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye."

"I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do."

"The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart."

"The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision."

"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much."

"My share of the work may be limited, but the fact that it is work makes it precious."

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

"What a blind person needs is not a teacher but another self."

"Science may have found a cure for most evils but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all - the apathy of human beings."

"I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at times but it is vague, like a breeze among flowers."

"I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace."

"We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world."

"To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug."

"Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow."

"As selfishness and complaint pervert the mind, so love with its joy clears and sharpens the vision."

"Love is like a beautiful flower which I may not touch, but whose fragrance makes the garden a place of delight just the same."