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Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow.

Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow.

Helen Keller
Morning, Fire, Joy
Helen Keller (1920). “Out of the Dark: Essays, Lectures, and Addresses on Physical and Social Vision”

The living word awakened my soul, gave it light, hope, joy, set it free!

Helen Keller
Light, Joy, Soul
Helen Keller (2011). “To Live, to Think, to Hope: Inspirational Quotes by Helen Keller”, p.5, Matthew Gordon

The joy of surmounting obstacles which once seemed unremovable, and pushing the frontier of accomplishment further — what joy is there like unto it?

Helen Keller
Accomplishment, Joy, Pushing
"The Open Door".

Certainly it is one of our sweetest experiences that when we are touched by some noble affection or pure joy, we remember the dead most tenderly, and feel more powerfully drawn to them.

Helen Keller
Joy, Noble, Affection

Joy is a spiritual element that gives vicissitudes unity and significance.

Helen Keller
Spiritual, Giving, Joy
Helen Keller (1957). “The Open Door”, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday

The hands of those I meet are dumbly eloquent to me. The touch of some hands is an impertinence. I have met people so empty of joy, that when I clasped their frosty finger-tips, it seemed as if I were shaking hands with a northeast storm.

Helen Keller
Hands, People, Joy
Helen Keller (2016). “The Story of My Life”, p.81, Om Books International

What is the use of such terrible diligence as many tire themselves out with, if they always postpone their exchange of smiles with Beauty and Joy to cling to irksome duties and relations?

Helen Keller
Joy, Use, Tire
Helen Keller (2007). “My Religion”, p.175, Book Tree

What if in my waking hours a sound should ring through the silent halls of hearing? ... Would the bow and string tension of life snap? Would the heart over weighted with sudden joy stop beating for very excess of happiness?

Helen Keller
Happiness, Heart, Joy
Helen Keller, Annie Sullivan (1905). “The Story of My Life”

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