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Helen Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American author, disability rights advocate, and lecturer. At 19 months old, she became deaf and blind due to an illness. With the help of her teacher, Anne Sullivan, Keller learned to communicate using the manual alphabet and later graduated from Radcliffe College in 1904, becoming the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. more Helen Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American author, disability rights advocate, and lecturer. At 19 months old, she became deaf and blind due to an illness. With the help of her teacher, Anne Sullivan, Keller learned to communicate using the manual alphabet and later graduated from Radcliffe College in 1904, becoming the first deaf-blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. Keller authored 14 books, including her autobiography "The Story of My Life" (1903), which details her early life and education. She co-founded the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in 1920 and actively campaigned for women's suffrage, labor rights, and world peace. Keller's accomplishments garnered numerous accolades, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964. less

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"The highest result of education is tolerance."
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"Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world."
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"Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye."
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"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it."
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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"
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"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved"
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"We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world"
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"No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit"
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"Your success and happiness lie in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties"
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"Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light"
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"The only real blind person at Christmas-time is he who has not Christmas in his heart"
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"Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light"
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"Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it"
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"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement; nothing can be done without hope"
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"We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough"
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