Helen Keller

Once I knew the depth where no hope was and darkness lay on the face of all things. Then love came and set my soul free.

Helen Keller

Once it was necessary that the people should multiply and be fruitful if the race was to survive. But now to preserve the race it is necessary that people hold back the power of propagation.

Helen Keller

One cannot consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.

Helen Keller

One painful duty fulfilled makes the next plainer and easier.

Helen Keller

One should never count the years — one should instead count one’s interests. I have kept young trying never to lose my childhood sense of wonderment. I’m glad I still have a vivid curiosity about the world I live in.

Helen Keller

Out of this sorrowful experience I understand more fully all human strivings, thwarted ambitions, and the infinite capacity of hope.

Helen Keller

People are too prone to think that the actual is the limit of possibility. They believe that all that has been done is all that can be done.

Helen Keller

People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.

Helen Keller

Poetry is the gate through which I enter the land of enchantment. Once inside the flaming wall, my limitations fall from me, and my spirit is free.

Helen Keller

Reality even when it is sad is better than illusions. Illusions are at the mercy of any winds that blow. Real happiness must come from within, from a fixed purpose and faith in one’s fellow men.

Helen Keller