The Story of my life; with her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, by John Albert Macy

it is much better to have a few faults and be cheerful and responsive in spite of all deprivations than to retire into one's shell, pet one's affliction, clothe it with sanctity, and then set one's self up as a monument of patience, virtue, goodness and all in all

there are a few bitter drops in every one's cup, and the only way is to take the bitter patiently, and the sweet thankfully

no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost.

patience and perseverance would win in the end

Akin to this idea of talking to the child about what interests him, is the principle never to silence a child who asks questions, but to answer the questions as truly as possible

Mathematics will never make them loving, nor will the accurate knowledge of the size and shape of the world help them to appreciate its beauties.

In order to write one must have something to write about, and having something to write about requires some mental preparation. The memory must be stored with ideas and the mind must be enriched with knowledge before writing becomes a natural and pleasurable effort. Too often, I think, children are required to write before they have anything to say. Teach them to think and read and talk without self-repression, and they will write because they cannot help it.

the language of educated people is the memory of the language of books

her joyous interest in everything and everybody

Yesterday's perplexities are strangely simple to-day, and to-day's difficulties become to-morrow's pastime.