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Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. My optimism, then, does not rest on the absence of evil, but on a glad belief in the preponderance of good and a willing effort always to

Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. My optimism, then, does not rest on the absence of evil, but on a glad belief in the preponderance of good and a willing effort always to cooperate with the good, that it may prevail.

Helen Keller
Cheating, Evil, Optimism
Helen Keller (2012). “Optimism”, p.5, Simon and Schuster

There is a dangerous optimism of ignorance and indifference.

Helen Keller
Ignorance, Optimism, Indifference
Helen Keller (2012). “Optimism”, p.4, Simon and Schuster

I trust, and I recognize the beneficence of the power which we all worship as supreme- Order, Fate, the Great Spirit, Nature, God. I recognize this power in the sun that makes all things grow and keeps life afoot. I make a friend of this indefinable force…this is my religion of optimism.

Helen Keller
Fate, Order, Optimism
Helen Keller (2012). “Optimism”, p.6, Simon and Schuster

Christmas Day is the festival of optimism.

Helen Keller
Christmas, Optimism, Festivals
Helen Keller (2013). “Optimism: An Essay”, p.29, The Floating Press

The test of all beliefs is their practical effect in life. If it be true that optimism compels the world forward, and pessimism retards it, then it is dangerous to propagate a pessimistic philosophy.

Helen Keller
Family, Philosophy, Optimism
Helen Keller (2010). “The World I Live In and Optimism: A Collection of Essays”, p.102, Courier Corporation

Optimism, then, is a fact within my own heart. But as I look out upon life, my heart meets no contradiction. The outward world justifies my inward universe of good.

Helen Keller
Heart, Optimism, Facts
Helen Keller (2012). “Optimism”, p.7, Simon and Schuster

My optimism is grounded in two worlds, myself and what is about me. I demand that the world be good, and lo, it obeys. I proclaim the world good, and facts range themselves to prove my proclamation overwhelmingly true.

Helen Keller
Two, Optimism, Facts
Helen Keller (2012). “Optimism”, p.5, Simon and Schuster

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