"Walking with a friend in the dark..." - Quote by Helen Keller

“Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.”

“For, after all, every one who wishes to gain true knowledge must climb the Hill Difficulty alone, and since there is no royal road to the summit, I must zigzag it in my own way. I slip back many times, I fall, I stand still, I run against the edge of hidden obstacles, I lose my temper and find it again and keep it better, I trudge on, I gain a little, I feel encouraged, I get more eager and climb higher and begin to see the widening horizon. Every struggle is a victory. One more effort and I reach the luminous cloud, the blue depths of the sky, the uplands of my desire.”

“If it is true that the violin is the most perfect of musical instruments, then Greek is the violin of human thought.”

“In misfortune, which friend remains a friend?”

“The grace of novelty and the length of habit, though so very opposite to one another, yet agree in this, that they both alike keepus from discovering the faults of our friends.”

“I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too.”

“To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating.”

“To get the full value of joyYou must have someone to divide it with.After all these years I see that I was mistaken about Evein the beginning; it is better to live outside the Gardenwith her than inside it without her.”

“We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has taken a lifetime to learn. It seems only the old are able to sit next to one another and not say anything and still feel content. The young, brash and impatient, must always break the silence. It is a waste, for silence is pure. Silence is holy. It draws people together because only those who are comfortable with each other can sit without speaking. This is the great paradox.”