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Helen Keller
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Although
the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming
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I
long to accomplish a great and noble task, but my chief duty is to
accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble.
The
world is moved along,
not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes,
but also by the
aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.
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Be of good cheer. Do not
think of today's failures, but
of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set
yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if
you persevere; and you will find a joy in overcoming
obstacles. Remember, no effort that we make to attain
something beautiful is ever lost.
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For three
things I thank God every day of my life: thanks that he
has vouchsafed me knowledge of his works; deep thanks that
he
has set in my darkness the lamp of faith; deep, deepest
thanks
that I have another life to look forward to--a life joyous
with light
and flowers and heavenly song.
Knowledge
is happiness, because to have knowledge--broad deep knowledge--is to
know true ends from false, and lofty things
from low. To know the
thoughts and deeds that have marked
man's progress
is to feel the great
heart-throbs of humanity through the centuries;
and if one does not feel
in these pulsations a heavenward striving,
one must indeed be deaf
to
the harmonies of life.
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For,
after all, every one who wishes to gain true knowledge must climb
the
Hill Difficulty alone, and since there is no royal road to the
summit, I must
zigzag it in my own way. I slip back many times, I fall, I stand
still, I run
against the edge of hidden obstacles, I lose my temper and find it
again
and keep it better, I trudge on, I gain a little, I feel
encouraged, I get
more eager and climb higher and begin to see the widening horizon.
Every
struggle is a victory. One more effort and I reach the luminous
cloud, the
blue depths of the sky, the uplands of my desire.
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The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others
will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves. |
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So
much has been given to me I have not time
to ponder over that which has been denied. |
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Four
things to learn in life: To think clearly without hurry
or confusion; To love everybody sincerely; To act in everything
with the highest motives; To trust God unhesitatingly. |
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Security
is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor
do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger
is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is
either a daring adventure, or nothing. |
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I who am blind can give one hint to those who see—one admonition
to those who would make full use of the gift of sight: Use your eyes
as if tomorrow you would be stricken blind. . . . Hear the music of
voices, the song of a bird, the mighty strains of an orchestra, as if you
would be stricken deaf tomorrow. Touch each object you want to
touch as if tomorrow your tactile sense would fail. Smell the perfume
of flowers, taste with relish each morsel, as if tomorrow you could never
smell and taste again. Make the most of every sense; glory
in all the facets
of pleasure and beauty which the world reveals to you. |
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| 1880—1968,
American author and lecturer, blind and deaf from an undiagnosed
illness at the age of two, b. Tuscumbia, Ala. In 1887 she was put
under the charge of Anne Sullivan, who was her teacher and
companion until Sullivan's death in 1936. As a pupil Helen Keller
made rapid progress and was graduated from Radcliffe in 1904 with
honors. She lectured all over America and in Europe and Asia,
raising funds for the training of the blind and promoting other
social causes. Her books include The Story of My Life
(1903), The World I Live In (1908), Helen Keller's
Journal, 1936—1937 (1938), Let Us Have Faith (1940),
and The Open Door (1957).
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