It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but that you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it.
Life, it turns out, is infinitely more clever and adaptable than anyone had ever supposed.
Where there is no imagination there is no horror.
We can't command our love, but we can our actions.
There is no scent so pleasant to my nostrils as that faint, subtle reek which comes from an ancient book.
I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.
The grand thing is to be able to reason backwards.
There are no fools so troublesome as those who have some wit.
I carry my own church about under my own hat," said I. "Bricks and mortar won't make a staircase to heaven. I believe with your Master that the human heart is the best temple.
Work is the best antidote to sorrow, my dear Watson.
It’s every man’s business to see justice done.
You know my method. It is founded upon the observation of trifles.
I have seen too much not to know that the impression of a woman may be more valuable than the conclusion of an analytical reasoner.
To let the brain work without sufficient material is like racing an engine. It racks itself to pieces.
You cannot see the lettuce and the dressing without suspecting a salad.
Of all ghosts the ghosts of our old loves are the worst.
Your life is not your own. Keep your hands off it.
I don't speak for others and they don't speak for me.
Dogmas of every kind put assertion in the place of reason and give rise to more contention, bitterness, and want of charity than any other influence in human affairs.
…but it is better to learn wisdom late than never to learn it at all.
How sweet the morning air is! ...How small we feel with our petty ambitions and strivings in the presence of the great elemental forces of Nature!
My dear Watson," said [Sherlock Holmes], "I cannot agree with those who rank modesty among the virtues. To the logician all things should be seen exactly as they are, and to underestimate one's self is as much a departure from truth as to exaggerate one's own powers.
It is not that I think or believe, but that I know.
I am a brain, Watson. The rest of me is a mere appendix.
There are times, young fellah, when every one of us must make a stand for human right and justice, or you never feel clean again.
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