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. by Helen Adams Keller

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-- Helen Adams Keller

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Top 5 quotes from Helen Adams Keller

"Security is mostly superstition. It does not exist in nature … Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold."
"We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world."
"All the world is full of suffering. It is also full of overcoming it."
"I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it is vague, like a breeze among flowers."
"It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal."

Top 5 quotes from Anger, Experience, Life, Men, Nature

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"A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman, of the next generation."
"It is not because angels are holier than men or devils that makes them angels, but because they do not expect holiness from one another, but from God only."
"No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings."

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