Helen Keller

Helen Keller

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Famous American woman who, though deaf and blind, became a women's suffragist and leftist political activist. She published twelve books and a number of articles over the course of her life.
  • When was
    Helen Keller born?

    Helen Keller was born on Sunday, June 27, 1880

  • Where was
    Helen Keller born?

    Helen Keller was born in Tuscumbia, AL

  • How old is
    Helen Keller?

    Helen Keller is 144


Best Quotes

  • There is much in the Bible against which every instinct of my being rebels, so much that I regret the necessity which has compelled me to read...
  • The welfare of each is bound up in the welfare of all.
  • What a blind person needs is not a teacher but another self.
  • Smell is a potent wizard that transports us across thousands of miles and all the years we have lived.
  • God himself is not secure, having given man dominion over his work.
  • It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision.
  • Friendship is a chain of gold, shaped in God's all-perfect mold, each link a smile, a laugh, a tear, a touch of the hand, a world of cheer.
  • Museums and art stores are also sources of pleasure and inspiration. Doubtless it will seem strange to many that the hand unaided by sight can feel action, sentiment, beauty in the cold marble; and yet it is true that I derive genuine pleasure from touching great works of art. As my finger tips trace line and curve, they discover the thought and emotion which the artist has portrayed.
  • Now I feel as if I should succeed in doing something in mathematics, although I cannot see why it is so very important... The knowledge doesn't make life any sweeter or happier, does it?
  • The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even heard, but must be felt with the heart.
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