Once I knew only darkness and stillness... my life was without past or future... but a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand that clutched at emptiness, and my heart leaped to the rapture of living.

Quote by Helen Keller

Topics: Life Quotes

Knowledge is happiness, because to have knowledge -- broad, deep knowledge -- is to know...

Knowledge is happiness, because to have knowledge -- broad, deep knowledge -- is to know...

I have always thought it would be a blessing if each person could be blind...

I have always thought it would be a blessing if each person could be blind...

The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, but has no...

The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, but has no...

Happiness cannot come from without. It must come from within. It is not what we...

Happiness cannot come from without. It must come from within. It is not what we...

Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts...

Literature is my Utopia. Here I am not disenfranchised. No barrier of the senses shuts...

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...

As the eagle was killed by the arrow winged with his own feather, so the...

As the eagle was killed by the arrow winged with his own feather, so the...

What I am looking for is not out there, it is in me.

What I am looking for is not out there, it is in me.

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...

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

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...

There is plenty of courage among us for the abstract but not for the concrete.

There is plenty of courage among us for the abstract but not for the concrete.

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,...

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...

College isn't the place to go for ideas.

College isn't the place to go for ideas.

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.

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...

Faith and love are apt to be spasmodic in the best minds. Men live the...

Faith and love are apt to be spasmodic in the best minds. Men live the...

Faith is an oasis in the heart which can never be reached by the caravan...

Faith is an oasis in the heart which can never be reached by the caravan...

If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is...

If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is...