“No doubt the reason is that character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.”

— Helen Keller, Helen Keller's Journal: 1936-1937 (1938)

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.”

“When in doubt, tell the truth.”

“To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action when there is more reason to fear than to hope.”

“You really only know when you know little. Doubt grows with knowledge.”

“There is not a truth existing which I fear or would wish unknown to the whole world.”

“Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.”

“It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the publick to be the most anxious for its welfare.”