I have always thought it would be a blessing if each person could be blind and deaf for a few days during his early adult life. Darkness would make him appreciate sight, silence would teach him the joys of sound.

Quote by Helen Keller

Topics: Blessing In Disguise Quotes, Darkness Quotes

I can see, and that is why I can be happy, in what you call...

I can see, and that is why I can be happy, in what you call...

The highest result of education is tolerance.

The highest result of education is tolerance.

All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming.

All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming.

I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth...

I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth...

The heresy of one age becomes the orthodoxy of the next.

The heresy of one age becomes the orthodoxy of the next.

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.

Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.

Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.

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

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

What a blind person needs is not a teacher but another self.

What a blind person needs is not a teacher but another self.

Science may have found a cure for most evils, but it has found no remedy...

Science may have found a cure for most evils, but it has found no remedy...

Once I knew only darkness and stillness... my life was without past or future... but...

Once I knew only darkness and stillness... my life was without past or future... but...

It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would...

It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would...

Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the...

Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the...

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering...

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering...

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.

I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still...

I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still...

Why not learn to enjoy the little things -- there are so many of them.

Why not learn to enjoy the little things -- there are so many of them.

The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery.

The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery.

And let it be said that love is like a river that flows deep into...

And let it be said that love is like a river that flows deep into...