Helen Keller

"I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light."

"Once I knew only darkness and stillness... my life was without past or future... but a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand that clutched at emptiness, and my heart leaped to the rapture of living."

"Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there's a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see."

"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."

"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."

"I believe that God is in me as the sun is in the colour and fragrance of a flower - the Light in my darkness, the Voice in my silence."

"Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content"

"People don’t like to think, if one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant."

"Love is like a beautiful flower which I may not touch, but whose fragrance makes the garden a place of delight just the same."

"Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invicible host against difficulties."

"Life is a succesion of lessons which must be lived to be understood."

"A bend in the road is not the end of the road…Unless you fail to make the turn."

"Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there's a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see."

"What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us."

"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much"

"Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow."

"Relationships are like Rome -- difficult to start out, incredible during the prosperity of the 'golden age', and unbearable during the fall. Then, a new kingdom will come along and the whole process will repeat itself until you come across a kingdom like Egypt... that thrives, and continues to flourish. This kingdom will become your best friend, your soul mate, and your love."

"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence."

"Your success and happiness lie in you."

"I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace."