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Letter "H" » Helen Keller Quotes
«Knowledge is love and light and vision.»
«Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourses of my book friends. They talk to me without embarrassment or awkwardness.»
Author: Helen Keller
(Author, Educator)
| About:
Literature
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«Museums and art stores are also sources of pleasure and inspiration. Doubtless it will seem strange to many that the hand unaided by sight can feel action, sentiment, beauty in the cold marble; and yet it is true that I derive genuine pleasure from touching great works of art. As my finger tips trace line and curve, they discover the thought and emotion which the artist has portrayed.»
Author: Helen Keller
(Author, Educator)
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«I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble. The world is moved along not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of»
Author: Helen Keller
(Author, Educator)
| About:
Achievement
| Keywords:
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«Literature is my utopia»
«We cannot freely and wisely choose the right way for ourselves unless we know both good and evil.»
«Be happy. Talk happiness. Happiness calls out responsive gladness in others. There is enough sadness in the world without yours...never doubt the excellence and permanence of what is yet to be. Join the great company of those who make the barren plac»
Author: Helen Keller
(Author, Educator)
| About:
Happiness,
Sadness
| Keywords:
Company of, gladness, permanence, Plac, responsive
«. . . militarism . . . is one of the chief bulwarks of capitalism, and the day that militarism is undermined, capitalism will fail.»
«Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousands of miles and all the years you have lived.»
Author: Helen Keller
(Author, Educator)
| Keywords:
potent, smell, Thousands, transport, transported, transporting, transports, wizard
«I have often been asked, ''Do not people bore you?'' I do not understand quite what that means. I suppose the calls of the stupid and curious, especially of newspaper reporters, are always inopportune. I also dislike people who try to talk down to my understanding. They are like people who when walking with you try to shorten their steps to suit yours; the hypocrisy in both cases is equally exasperating.»
Author: Helen Keller
(Author, Educator)
| Keywords:
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