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.

Quote by Helen Keller

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It is better to be happy for a moment and be burned up with beauty...

It is better to be happy for a moment and be burned up with beauty...

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at...

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at...

The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier...

The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier...

No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels...

No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels...

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty...

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty...

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do...

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do...

The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were...

The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were...

It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision.

It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision.

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...

It's wonderful to climb the liquid mountains of the sky. Behind me and before me...

It's wonderful to climb the liquid mountains of the sky. Behind me and before me...

We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.

We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and...

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and...

A man can't make a place for himself in the sun if he keeps taking...

A man can't make a place for himself in the sun if he keeps taking...

I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps there is...

I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps there is...

So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall...

So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall...

If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold...

If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold...

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...

My share of the work may be limited, but the fact that it is work...

My share of the work may be limited, but the fact that it is work...

Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may...

Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may...

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.