Quote by Anne Brontë

“Only if you are afraid of looking foolish, and I would have looked far more foolish if I persisted with an erroneous belief.”

— Sara Ella

“we, doubtless, should hear one and another reply, “No, I never intended to come here: I had laid out matters otherwise in my mind;…

— Jonathan Edwards

“I discovered that I am not disciplined out of virtue but as a reaction to my negligence, that I am generous to conceal my…

— Gabriel García Márquez

“Petty mindedness instructs eyes to see everything from an unappropriate standpoint, beautifulness could be looked otherwise.”

— Toba Beta

“Reality, the present, the irreparable, the necessary, repel and even terrify me. I have too much imagination, conscience, and penetration and not enough character.…

— Henri-Frédéric Amiel

“Neither on the one hand fall overly low, inclining to despair, nor on the other hand be over reckless as if we gave no…

— Fr. John Julian

“Besides, nothing makes one so vain as being told that one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists of us all.”

— Oscar Wilde

“I hope you forgive the unedifying sight of my struggle to express some of the truths of my inner self and to measure the…

— Stephen Fry

“Prudence asked further, “Do you not still carry some of the baggage from the place you escaped?” “Yes, but against my will. I still…

— John Bunyan

“Such strength behind these eyes, that your soul glows through. Blinding. Captivating. Torturing. You may be as stubborn as a mule on a cliff…

— Stephanie Hudson

“I have often wished in vain,' said she, 'for another's judgment to appeal to when I could scarcely trust the direction of my own…

— Anne Brontë

“You are unfortunate in my judgment, for you have never been unfortunate. You have passed through life with no antagonist to face you; no…

— Seneca