“Class amusements, be they for Dukes or plow-boys, always become nuisances and curses to a country. The true charm of cricket and hunting is that they are still, more or less sociable and universal; There's a place for every man… — Thomas Hughes Copy Share Image
“Boyishness—by which I mean animal life in its fullest measure, good nature and honest impulses, hatred of injustice and meanness, and thoughtlessness enough to… — Thomas Hughes Copy Share Image
Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of God's best gifts. It involves many things, but above… — Thomas Hughes Copy Share Image
“Don't be in a hurry about finding your work in the world for yourself—you are not old enough to judge for yourself yet; but… — Thomas Hughes Copy Share Image
“The one single use of things which we call our own is that they might be his who hath need of them.” — Thomas Hughes Copy Share Image
Christ's whole life on earth was the assertion and example of true manliness — the setting forth in living act and word what man… — Thomas Hughes Copy Share Image
“We listened, as all boys in their better moods will listen (ay, and men too for the matter of that), to a man whom… — Thomas Hughes Copy Share Image
“He who has conquered his own coward spirit has conquered the whole outward world;” — Thomas Hughes Copy Share Image
“...so bear in mind that majorities, especially respectable ones, are nine times out of ten in the wrong; and that if you see man… — Thomas Hughes Copy Share Image
“The astonishment soon passed off, the scales seemed to drop from his eyes, and the book became at once and for ever to him… — Thomas Hughes Copy Share Image
From behind the shadow of the still small voice — more awful than tempest or earthquake — more sure and persistent than day and… — Thomas Hughes Copy Share Image
