Profound Quotes by Helen Keller

1. I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.
2. Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.
3. Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged.
4. It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui.
5. Knowledge is love and light and vision.
6. Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
7. No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.
8. No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.
9. Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
10. People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.
11. Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all - the apathy of human beings.
12. Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.
13. The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.
14. The highest result of education is tolerance.
15. The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of tiny pushes of each honest worker.
16. 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.
17. Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.
18. We can do anything we want to do if we stick to it long enough.
19. We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.
20. When one door closes, another opens. But we often look so regretfully upon the closed door that we don't see the one that has opened for us.
21. When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.
22. Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.