746 Quotes by Helen Keller

The attempt to suppress an idea has always and everywhere proved a failure.

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable.

The simplest way to be happy is to do good.

What if in my waking hours a sound should ring through the silent halls of hearing? ... Would the bow and string tension of life snap? Would the heart over weighted with sudden joy stop beating for very excess of happiness?

The worst thing is to be born sighted but to lack vision.

It is not possible to refer a complex difficulty to a single cause.

Many of us delude ourselves with the thought that if we could stand in the lot of our more fortunate neighbor, we could live better, happier and more useful lives. ... It is my experience that unless we can succeed in our present position, we could not succeed in any other.

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

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.