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Helen Keller

Helen Keller

Born 1880 · Died 1968

Quotes

  • “One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.”
    Address to the American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Dea
  • “If the light were not in your eyes, dear Mr. Brooks, you would understand better how happy your little Helen was when her teacher explained to her that the best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen nor even touched but just felt in the heart.”
    Letter to Rev. Phillips Brooks 8 June 1891
  • “Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts me out from the sweet, gracious discourse of my book friends.”
    The Story of My Life, Chapter 21
  • “Some people do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions; and conclusions are not always pleasant. They are a thorn in the spirit.”
    Helen Keller: Her Socialist Years 1967
  • “It all comes to this: the simplest way to be happy is to do good.”
    The Simplest Way to be Happy

Quotes from Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0), chosen with AI.

Books by Helen Keller in order

Books by Helen Keller in the order they were published, from The Story of My Life (1903) to Three Days to See (2012).

  1. 1The Story of My LifeThe Story of My Life1903
  2. 2My Key of LifeMy Key of Life1904
  3. 3The World I Live InThe World I Live In1908
  4. 4The Song of the Stone WallThe Song of the Stone Wall1910
  5. 5Out of the DarkOut of the Dark1913
  6. 6Midstream: My Later LifeMidstream: My Later Life1929
  7. 7The New York That Helen Keller "Sees."The New York That Helen Keller "Sees."1932
  8. 8Helen Keller's JournalHelen Keller's Journal1938
  9. 9Let Us Have FaithLet Us Have Faith1940
  10. 10Teacher: Anne Sullivan MacyTeacher: Anne Sullivan Macy1955
  11. 11The Open DoorThe Open Door1957
  12. 12My ReligionMy Religion1960
  13. 13Helen Keller, Her Socialist YearsHelen Keller, Her Socialist Years1967
  14. 14The Faith of Helen KellerThe Faith of Helen Keller1967
  15. 15Helen KellerHelen Keller1970
  16. 16TeacherTeacher1985
  17. 17MidstreamMidstream1991
  18. 18Light in My DarknessLight in My Darkness1994
  19. 19To Love This LifeTo Love This Life2002
  20. 20OptimismOptimism2003
  21. 21The World I Live in, Optimism and Other EssaysThe World I Live in, Optimism and Other Essays2009
  22. 22How I Would Help the WorldHow I Would Help the World2010
  23. 23Three Days to SeeThree Days to See2012

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