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

What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us

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

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved – Helen Keller

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 – Helen Keller