And tell him it's quite true that the best of the philosophers are of no use to their fellows; but that he should blame, not the philosophers, but th….
It's never too late to learn..
Men who are in earnest are not afraid of consequences..
No one appears on our stage unless the director has placed them there for our benefit.
"O, Mrs. Clennam, Mrs. Clennam," said Little Dorrit, "angry feelings and unforgiving deeds are no comfort and no guide to you and me.".
The philosopher is in love with truth, that is, not with the changing world of sensation, which is the object of opinion, but with the unchanging rea….
My daughter, there are times of moral danger when the hardest virtuous resolution to form is flight, and when the most heroic bravery is flight..
There is far greater peril in buying knowledge than in buying meat and drink..
Just like an ordinary guitar string, a fundamental string can vibrate in different modes. And it is these different modes of vibration of the string ….
It has always been my opinion since I first possessed such a thing as an opinion, that the man who knows only one subject is next tiresome to the man….
Frequently consider the connection of all things in the universe..
'But the man who is ready to taste every form of knowledge, is glad to learn and never satisfied - he's the man who deserves to be called a philosoph….
When I have heard him talking to Papa during the sittings for the picture, I have sat wondering whether it could be that he has no belief in anybody ….
To know your ruling passion, examine your castles in the air..
Quit being so hard on yourself. We are what we are; we love what we love. We don't need to justify it to anyone... not even to ourselves..
It is a most miserable thing to feel ashamed of home..
When we have done our very, very best, papa, and that is not enough, then I think the right time must have come for asking help of others..
A man's homeland is wherever he prospers..
"My good fellow," retorted Mr. Boffin, "you have my word; and how you can have that, without my honour too, I don't know. I've sorted a lot of dust i….
We're a feeling, an awareness encased here.
All of us are made up of the stories that we listen to, the ones we disagree with and the ones that we agree with..