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

— Helen Keller Optimism (1903)

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I do not remember a time since I have been capable of loving books that I have not loved Shakespeare.

Be not dumb, obedient slaves in an army of destruction. Be heroes in an army of construction.

The most important day I remember in all my life is the one on which my teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, came to me.

A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships.

The Simplest Way to be Happy (1933)

Love like Ruth's, love which can rise above conflicting creeds and deep-seated racial prejudices, is hard to find in all the world.

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