What is worse than having no sight is being able to see but having no vision.
Helen KellerRead
The heart of a friend gives out sufficient light for us in the dark to rise by.
Interpretation
What this quote means
A true friend provides guidance and support in difficult times.
Helen Keller's quote emphasizes the illuminating power of friendship, suggesting that a true friend can offer support and wisdom during challenging times. In moments of darkness or uncertainty, the encouragement and love from a friend can help us find our way and lift ourselves up.
Themes
FriendshipSupportGuidanceLightDarkness
In practice
Example use cases
A speaker at a graduation ceremony reflecting on the importance of friends during challenging times.
More from Helen Keller
All quotes βWhat could be worse than being born without sight? Being born with sight and no vision.
Helen KellerRead
Knowledge is power." Rather, knowledge is happiness, because to have knowledge - broad, deep knowledge - is to know true ends from false, and lofty things from low. To know the thoughts and deeds that have marked man's progress is to feel the great heart-throbs of humanity through the centuries; and if one does not feel in these pulsations a heavenward striving, one must indeed be deaf to the harmonies of life.
Helen KellerRead
Be not dumb, obedient slaves in an army of destruction. Be heroes in an army of construction.
Helen KellerRead
Our beloved ones have not 'gone to a far country.' It is only the veil of sense that separates them from us, and even that veil grows thin when our thoughts reach out to them.
Helen KellerRead
It's wonderful to climb the liquid mountains of the sky. Behind me and before me is God and I have no fears.
Helen KellerRead
Similar quotes
Friendship is like love at its best; not blind but sympathetically all-seeing; a support which does not wait for understanding; an act of faith which does not need, but always has, reason.
Louis UntermeyerRead
Being able to make friends and keep them, welcoming others and sharing with them, a guide, philosopher and friend. One like this will be praised.
Gautama BuddhaRead
There is nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends.
James BoswellRead
I always preferred to hang out with the outcasts, 'cause they were cooler; they had better taste in music, for one thing, I guess because they had more time to develop one with the lack of social interaction they had!
John HughesRead
You have to work hard at staying in contact with your friends so that the relationships will continue and live on... Friendships, along with love, make life worth living.
Mike KrzyzewskiRead
I do then with my friends as I do with my books. I would have them where I can find them, but I seldom use them.
Ralph Waldo EmersonRead