746 Quotes by Helen Keller

I think the degree of a nation's civilisation may be measured by the degree of enlightenment of its women.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.

There is much in the Bible against which every instinct of my being rebels, so much that I regret the necessity which has compelled me to read it through from beginning to end. I do not think that the knowledge which I have gained of its history and sources compensates me for the unpleasant details it has forced upon my attention.

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

Knowledge is power." Rather, knowledge is happiness, because to have knowledge - broad, deep knowledge - is to know true ends from false, and lofty things from low. To know the thoughts and deeds that have marked man's progress is to feel the great heart-throbs of humanity through the centuries; and if one does not feel in these pulsations a heavenward striving, one must indeed be deaf to the harmonies of life.

Our worst foes are not belligerent circumstances, but wavering spirits ...

Surely there is no road of effort so steep but a loving deed may soften its hardshness.

A well-educated mind will always have more questions than answers.

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