We Bereaved (Primary source)
In We Bereaved, Helen Keller offers compassionate reflections on grief, loss, and faith for those mourning loved ones. Drawing from her own experiences with suffering, she provides comfort and wisdom, emphasizing that the bereaved belong to humanity’s largest company.
“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement; nothing can be done without hope.”
— Helen Keller Primary source“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.”
— Helen Keller Primary source“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”
— Helen Keller Primary source“One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.”
— Helen Keller Primary source“Approve not of him that commends all you say.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Do not do that which you would not have known.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“I will not be triumphed over.”
— Cleopatra Disputed“He that can have patience can have what he will.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source