Selected quotes · 23
№ 01
“I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.”
Charles DickensCourage
№ 02
“Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it is but a succession of changes so gentle and easy that we can scarcely mark their progress.”
Charles DickensGrowth
№ 03
“It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.”
Charles DickensTime
№ 04
“There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth.”
Charles DickensHumility
№ 05
“Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried, than before - more sorry, more aware of my own ingratitude, more gentle.”
Charles DickensCreativity
№ 06
“Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.”
Charles DickensCreativity
№ 07
“Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration.”
Charles DickensFaith
№ 08
“Have a heart that never hardens, a temper that never tires, a touch that never hurts.”
Charles DickensCreativity
№ 09
“Never close your lips to those whom you have already opened your heart.”
Charles DickensCreativity
№ 10
“Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship; and pass the rosy wine.”
Charles DickensFriendship
№ 11
“There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.”
Charles DickensHappiness
№ 12
“It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations.”
Charles DickensFaith
№ 13
“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.”
Charles DickensWisdom
№ 14
“There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.”
Charles DickensCreativity
№ 15
“There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.”
Charles DickensCreativity
№ 16
“Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.”
Charles DickensAction
№ 17
“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.”
Charles DickensAction
№ 18
“A loving heart is the truest wisdom.”
Charles DickensCreativity
№ 19
“We forge the chains we wear in life.”
Charles DickensFreedom
№ 20
“The men who learn endurance, are they who call the whole world, brother.”
Charles DickensWisdom
№ 21
“I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free.”
Charles DickensFreedom
№ 22
“Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes of which all men have some.”
Charles DickensTime
№ 23
“There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast.”
Charles DickensCreativity