"

Duty has a trick of behaving unexpectedly -- something like a heavy friend whom we have amiably asked to visit us, and who breaks his leg within our g...more

"

You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing. They always happen to the best men, you know.

"

Excellence encourages one about life generally it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.

"

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be bes...more

"

Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face.

"

The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best.

"

My dear Mrs Casaubon," said Farebrother, smiling gently at her ardour, "character is not cut in marble - it is not something solid and unalterable. It...more

"

For there is no creature whose inward being is so strong that it is not greatly determined by what lies outside it.

"

But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; ...more

"

We are all humiliated by the sudden discovery of a fact which has existed very comfortably and perhaps been staring at us in private while we have bee...more

"

It is a mere cowardice to seek safety in negations. No character becomes strong in that way. You will be thrown into the world some day and then every...more

"

Life seems to go on without effort when I am filled with music.