Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.… Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.

—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.

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Getting fired is nature's way to telling you that you had the wrong job in the first place.

—Helen Keller

We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.

—Helen Keller

No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars or sailed an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.

—Helen Keller

Our character… is an omen of our destiny, and the more integrity we have and keep, the simpler and nobler that destiny is likely to be.

—Helen Keller

So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.

—Helen Keller

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We do not destroy religion by destroying superstition.

I have only one superstition. I touch all the bases when I hit a home run.

Faith must have adequate evidence, else it is mere superstition.

—Alexander Hodge

Count Hermann Keyserling once said truly that the greatest American superstition was belief in facts.

—John Gunther

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Maybe love was superstition, a prayer we said to keep the truth of loneliness at bay. I tilted my head back. The stars looked like they were close together, when really they were millions of miles apart. In the end, maybe love just meant longing for something impossibly bright and forever out of reach.

—Leigh Bardugo in Ruin and Rising

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Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.... Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.