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Helen Keller
(27 Jun 1880 - 1 Jun 1968)

American author and social activist who was the first deaf-blind person to graduate from an American college.

Science Quotes by Helen Keller (18 quotes)

Be of good cheer. Do not think of today’s failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourself a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere; and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles.
— Helen Keller
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Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
— Helen Keller
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I am sure the daisies and buttercups have as little use for the science of Geometry as I, in spite of the fact that they so beautifully illustrate its principles.
— Helen Keller
In Letter (7 Jun 1898), at age almost 18, to Charles Dudley Hutton, excerpted in The Story of My Life: With her Letters (1887-1901) (1903, 1921), 243.
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It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision.
— Helen Keller
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Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.
— Helen Keller
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Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
— Helen Keller
Quoted in Kim Lim (ed.), 1,001 Pearls of Spiritual Wisdom: Words to Enrich, Inspire, and Guide Your Life (2014), 21
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No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars or sailed an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.
— Helen Keller
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Now I feel as if I should succeed in doing something in mathematics, although I cannot see why it is so very important… The knowledge doesn’t make life any sweeter or happier, does it?
— Helen Keller
In Letter (29 May 1898), at age almost 18, to Mrs. Lawrence Hutton, excerpted in The Story of My Life: With her Letters (1887-1901) (1903, 1921), 242.
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One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
— Helen Keller
The Story of My Life (1921), 393.
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One cannot consent to creep when one has an impulse to soar.
— Helen Keller
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Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope or confidence.
— Helen Keller
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Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all—the apathy of human beings.
— Helen Keller
In My Religion (2007), 162.
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The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.
— Helen Keller
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The highest result of education is tolerance.
— Helen Keller
In Optimism: An Essay (1903), 40.
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The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, but has no vision.
— Helen Keller
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When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.
— Helen Keller
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When we learn a new word, it is the key to untold treasures.
— Helen Keller
In Letter (29 May 1898), at age almost 18, to Mrs. Lawrence Hutton, excerpted in The Story of My Life: With her Letters (1887-1901) (1903, 1921), 242.
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Why is it so very important to know that the lines drawn from the extremities of the base of an isosceles triangle to the middle points of the opposite sides are equal!
— Helen Keller
In Letter (29 May 1898), at age almost 18, to Mrs. Lawrence Hutton, excerpted in The Story of My Life: With her Letters (1887-1901) (1903, 1921), 242.
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Carl Sagan Thumbnail In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion. (1987) -- Carl Sagan
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