The poets have taught us how full of wonders is the night; and the night of blindness has its wonders, too. The only lightless dark is the night of ignorance and insensibility. We differ, blind and seeing, one from another, not in our senses, but in the use we make of them, in the imagination and courage with which we seek wisdom beyond our senses. Helen Keller
Nobody sees anybody truly but all through the flaws of their own egos. That is the way we all see ..each other in life. Vanity, fear, desire, competition-- all such distortions within our own egos-- condition our vision of those in relation to us. Add...
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Tennessee Williams
When I lost my sight, Werner, people said I was brave. When my father left, people said I was brave. But it is not bravery; I have no choice. I wake up and live my life. Don't you do the same?
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Anthony Doerr
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.
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Helen Keller
And you're blind?" Uh-huh, " Iggy said, trying to sound bored. Were you born that way?" No." How did you become blind, uh, Jeff, is it?" Yeah, Jeff. Well, I looked directly at the sun, you know, the way they always tell you not to....
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James Patterson
To crooked eyes truth may wear a wry face
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J.r.r. Tolkien
More Quotes By Helen Keller
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...
Happiness does not come from without, it comes from within
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.
A bend in the road is not the end of the road… Unless you fail to make the turn.
Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content
