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Helen Keller 156
American author and political activist 1880–1968Related quotes
“My friends, judge me by the enemies I have made.”
Speech made on the campaign trail in Portland, Oregon (21 September 1932)
1930s
Source: Anthony De Mello : Writings (1999), p. 8
Context: A master was once unmoved by the complaints of his disciples that, though they listened with pleasure to his parables and stories, they were also frustrated for they longed for something deeper. To all their objections he would simply reply: "You have yet to understand, my friends, that the shortest distance between a human being and truth is a story."
Texts for Nothing (1955)
“If I want a long boring story with no point to it, I have my life.”
“You’re my best friend, Shmuel,’ he said. ‘My best friend for life.”
Source: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
