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The retaining hand of tolerance is laid upon the inquisitor and the humanist utters a message of peace to the persecuted. Instead of the cry “Burn the heretic!” men study the human soul with sympathy, and there enters into their hearts a new reverence for that which is unseen.

— Helen Keller

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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.

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

Optimism (1903)

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

The Simplest Way to be Happy (1933)

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