“I had now the key to all language, and I was eager to learn to use it.”

— Helen Keller, The Story of My Life (1903)

About Helen Keller

1880 – 1968

American author and activist, deaf and blind from infancy, author of "The Story of My Life".

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement; nothing can be done without hope.”

“A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships.”

“One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.”

“For the things we have to learn before we can do, we learn by doing.”

“Isn't it a pleasure to study and practice what you have learned?”

“The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents.”

“One must learn to know oneself before knowing anything else.”

“To be native to a place we must learn to speak its language.”

“Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.”