As the eagle was killed by the arrow winged with his own feather, so the hand of the world is wounded by its own skill – Helen Keller

Unless we form the habit of going to the Bible in bright moments as well as in trouble, we cannot fully respond to its consolations because we lack equilibrium between light and darkness – Helen Keller

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 – Helen Keller

Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it – Helen Keller

True happiness is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose – Helen Keller

No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit – Helen Keller

I can see, and that is why I can be happy, in what you call the dark, but which to me is golden. I can see a God-made world, not a manmade world – Helen Keller

Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other’s welfare, social justice can never be attained – Helen Keller

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

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 – Helen Keller