Knowledge is happiness, because to have knowledge -- broad, deep knowledge -- is to know true ends from false, and lofty things from low.

Quote by Helen Keller

Topics: Happiness Quotes, Knowledge Quotes

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

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

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.

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.

When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought...

When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought...

It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for...

It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for...

I thank God for my handicaps, for, through them, I have found myself, my work,...

I thank God for my handicaps, for, through them, I have found myself, my work,...

While they were saying among themselves it cannot be done, it was done.

While they were saying among themselves it cannot be done, it was done.

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

Literature is my utopia

Literature is my utopia

It is not what we see and touch or that which others do for us...

It is not what we see and touch or that which others do for us...

Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow

Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow

The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even heard,...

The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even heard,...

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...

College isn't the place to go for ideas.

College isn't the place to go for ideas.

Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there's a difference...

Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there's a difference...

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

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