For my part, I wish, with Mr. Howells, that the literature of the past might be purged of all that is ugly and barbarous in it, although I should object as much as any one to having these great works weakened or falsified.More Helen Keller quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

Certainly I believe that God gave us life for happiness, not misery. Humanity, I am sure, will never be made lazy or indifferent by an excess of happiness. 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. Happiness should be a means of accomplishment, like health, not an end in itself.More Helen Keller quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.More Helen Keller quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

There is in the blind as in the seeing an Absolute which gives truth to what we know to be true, order to what is orderly, beauty to the beautiful, touchableness to what is tangible.More Helen Keller quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

I feel the delightful, velvety texture of a flower, and discover its remarkable convolutions; and something of the miracle of Nature is revealed to me.More Helen Keller quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]