As selfishness and complaint pervert and cloud the mind, so love with its joy clears and sharpens the vision. – Helen Keller
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. – Helen Keller
I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace. – Helen Keller
Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought! – Helen Keller
The ruin of the human heart is self-interest, which the American merchant calls self-service. We have become a self-service populace, and all our specious comforts –the automatic elevator, the escalator, the cafeteria –are depriving us of volition and moral and physical energy. – Edward Dahlberg