May Quotes by Charles Kingsley

10 May quotes by Charles Kingsley

Kingsley’s ten short pieces on May capture the month’s lively pulse. The snippets feel like a brisk walk through spring, giving a taste of his literary flair without overwhelming the reader.

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A man may learn from his Bible to be a more thorough gentleman than if he had been brought up in all…

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Stick to the old truths and the old paths, and learn their di- vineness by sick-beds and in every-day work, and do…

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Take comfort, and recollect however little you and I may know, God knows; He knows Himself and you and me and all…

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Oh! that we two were Maying Down the stream of the soft spring breeze; Like children with violets playing, In the shade…

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My friends, let us try to follow the Saviour's steps; let us remember all day long what it is to be men;…

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Whatever may be the mysteries of life and death, there is one mystery which the cross of Christ reveals to us, and…

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So give me the political economist, the sanitary reformer, the engineer; and take your saints and virgins, relics and miracles. The spinning-jenny…

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Never trample on any soul though it may be lying in the veriest mire; for that last spark of self-respect is its…

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It has been said that true religion will make a man a more thorough gentleman than all the courts in Europe. And…

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You must not say that this cannot be, or that that is contrary to nature. You do not know what Nature is,…

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A fine lady; by which term I wish to express the result of that perfect education in taste and manner, down to every gesture,…

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If I am ever obscure in my expressions, do not fancy that therefore I am deep. If I were really deep, all the world…

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Those clouds are angels' robes.

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He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of the power to use them.

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Do you feel that you have lost your way in life? Then God Himself will show you your way. Are you utterly helpless, worn…

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My friends, let us try to follow the Saviour's steps; let us remember all day long what it is to be men; that it…

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We have used the Bible as if it was a mere special constable's handbook — an opium-dose for keeping beasts of burden patient while…

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He was not only, I soon discovered, a water drinker, but a strict vegetarian, to which, perhaps, he owed a great deal of the…

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Look at the bow in the cloud, in the very rain itself. That is a sign that the sun, though you cannot see it,…

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Beauty is God's handwriting — a wayside sacrament; welcome it in every fair face, every fair sky, every fair flower, and thank for it Him.

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Men must work, and women must weep.

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... the heroism of the average mother. Ah! When I think of that broad fact, I gather hope again for poor humanity; and this…

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