Helen Keller - a model for achieving happiness amid hardship.
“Helen Keller is the eighth wonder of the world,” Mark Twain declared after meeting her. “She was born with a fine mind and a bright wit, and by help of Miss Sullivan’s amazing gifts as a teacher this mental endowment has been developed until the result is what we see to-day … a wonderful creature who sees without eyes, hears without ears, and speaks with dumb lips. She stands alone in human history."
"Happiness is the final and perfect fruit of obedience to the laws of life."
From "The Simplest Way to be Happy"
"A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships."
From "The Simplest Way to be Happy"
"No doubt the reason is that character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved."
From "Helen Keller's Journal: 1936-1937"
Read more at http://national.deseretnews.com/article/3805/Helen-Keller-on-optimism-education-and-never-giving-up.html#qL5j2XlX1D4tBD0y.99
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