Helen Keller — "The public must learn that the blind man is neither genius nor a freak nor an id…"

"I used to think that it was a shame that I was born blind and deaf, but now I know that it is a blessing. It has taught me to see with my soul and to hear with my heart."

"I had no idea what I was to do with my life, but I was sure that I wanted to do something."

"The chief delight of the senses is in the perception of beauty."

"I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble."

"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 …"