Helen Keller vs. Mahatma Gandhi
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Helen Keller
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Helen Keller (1880) was an American author and disability rights advocate who was deaf-blind from age 19 months.
"Relationships are like Rome -- difficult to start out, incredible during the prosperity of the 'golden age', and unbearable during the fall. Then, a new kingdom…"
Mahatma Gandhi
1869 – 1948
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political thinker who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule. He inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahātmā, first applied to him in South Africa in 1914, is used worldwide.
"When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can s…"
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