Helen Keller

1880–1968 · American author, disability-rights advocate & lecturer

Helen Keller (1880–1968) lost her sight and hearing to illness before she was two, and, taught by Anne Sullivan, became a celebrated author, activist, and lecturer. In the early 1920s she and Sullivan toured the vaudeville circuit, where Keller delivered a short spoken homily to audiences — the setting for this line. Her outlook consistently stressed interdependence and the power of people acting together, making the sentiment unmistakably hers.

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4 quotes we’ve traced to Helen Keller

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

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“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched”

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“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much”

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“When one door of happiness closes, another opens”

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