Deep, solemn optimism, it seems to me, should spring from this firm be…

Helen Keller
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Deep, solemn optimism, it seems to me, should spring from this firm belief in the presence of God in the individual; not a remote, unapproachable governor of the universe, but a God who is very near every one of us, who is present not only in earth, sea and sky, but also in every pure and noble impulse of our hearts. ✨ Helen Keller (2010). The World I Live In and Optimism: A Collection of Essays, p.93, Courier Corporation
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