What is worse than having no sight is being able to see but having no vision.
Helen KellerRead
When all you can feel are the shadows, turn your face towards the sun. There is always a bright side - even if only that it is not worse...and it can always be worse
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What this quote means
Focus on the positive aspects of life even in difficult times.
This quote by Helen Keller encourages individuals to seek positivity and light in their lives, even when surrounded by darkness and hardship. It suggests that by shifting our perspective towards the brighter side, we can find hope and resilience, reminding us that circumstances can always improve and that the struggles we face can serve as a catalyst for growth.
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PositivityHopePerspectiveResilienceGrowth
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A motivational speech encouraging people to stay hopeful during tough times.
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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.
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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.
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It's wonderful to climb the liquid mountains of the sky. Behind me and before me is God and I have no fears.
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