“The heresy of one age becomes the orthodoxy of the next.”
Helen Keller (verified)
Optimism (Primary source)
Optimism presents Keller’s philosophy that despite her deafness and blindness, true happiness comes from inner faith rather than material circumstances. She argues optimism enables achievement and is essential for human progress and personal fulfillment.
“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.”
— Helen Keller (verified)“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement; nothing can be done without hope.”
— Helen Keller (verified)“The test of all beliefs is their practical effect in life. It be true that optimism compels the world forward, and pessimism retards it, them it is dangerous to propagate a pessimistic philosophy.”
— Helen Keller (verified)“One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.”
— Helen Keller (verified)“I am thee and thou art me and all of one is the other.”
— Ernest Hemingway (verified)“For what are we born if not to aid one another?”
— Ernest Hemingway (verified)“A lie stands on one leg, truth on two.”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)“You may be too cunning for one, but not for all.”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)