It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui.

—Helen Keller

About Helen Keller

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Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American deafblind author, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer.

More quotations from Helen Keller

I do not want the peace which passeth understanding; I want
the understanding which bringeth peace.

—Helen Keller

understanding peace

What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.

—Helen Keller

Knowledge is love and light and vision.

—Helen Keller

But a somewhat more liberal and sympathetic examination of mankind will convince us that the cross is even older than the gibbet, that voluntary suffering was before and independent of compulsory; and in short that in most important matters a man has always been free to ruin himself if he chose.

—Helen Keller

I have found that it don't really matter if you're brought up fine or rough, but that it helps to have someone to spill your sorrows to.

—Helen Keller

History

27 Feb 2016 Added
26 Oct 2026 Wording changed

Previous wording

It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui.