I cannot live without brainwork. What else is there to live for? Stand at the window here. Was ever such a dreary, dismal, unprofitable world? See how the yellow fog swirls down the street and drifts across the duncoloured houses. What could be more hopelessly prosaic and material?
Arthur Conan Doyle
Intellect, Purpose, Boredom, Depression, Urban Life
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“There was a brisk northern wind, heavy and wet with the salt of the sea, and he felt, as he turned his face to it, fresh life and strength surging in his blood and bracing his limbs.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Nature, Invigoration, Sea, Weather, Physical Sensation
Arthur Conan Doyle Nature, Invigoration, Sea, Weather, Physical Sensation“It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Knowledge, Information Management, Memory, Efficiency, Mental Organization
Arthur Conan Doyle Knowledge, Information Management, Memory, Efficiency, Mental Organization“Professor Moriarty is not a man who lets the grass grow under his feet.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Moriarty, Efficiency, Action, Villainous Character, Proactive Behavior
Arthur Conan Doyle Moriarty, Efficiency, Action, Villainous Character, Proactive Behavior“Several times during the last three years I have taken up my pen to write to you, but always I feared lest your affectionate regard for me should tempt you to some indiscretion which would betray my secret.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Secrecy, Friendship, Caution, Communication, Loyalty
Arthur Conan Doyle Secrecy, Friendship, Caution, Communication, Loyalty“Work is the best antidote to sorrow, my dear Watson.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Work, Sorrow, Coping Mechanism, Emotional Healing, Productivity
Arthur Conan Doyle Work, Sorrow, Coping Mechanism, Emotional Healing, Productivity“How wise and how merciful is that provision of nature by which his earthly anchor is usually loosened by many little imperceptible tugs, until his consciousness has drifted out of its untenable earthly harbor into the great sea beyond!” Arthur Conan Doyle
Death, Nature, Philosophy, Life Cycle, Human Experience
Arthur Conan Doyle Death, Nature, Philosophy, Life Cycle, Human Experience“Picnics are very dear to those who are in the first stage of the tender passion.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Love, Romance, Nature, Courtship, Human Behavior
Arthur Conan Doyle Love, Romance, Nature, Courtship, Human Behavior“All other men are specialists, but his specialism is omniscience.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Knowledge, Expertise, Intelligence, Uniqueness, Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle Knowledge, Expertise, Intelligence, Uniqueness, Sherlock Holmes“Why should people ever take credit for charity when they must know that they cannot gain as much pleasure out of their guineas in any other fashion?” Arthur Conan Doyle
Charity, Altruism, Pleasure, Morality, Human Nature
Arthur Conan Doyle Charity, Altruism, Pleasure, Morality, Human Nature“As Cuvier could correctly describe a whole animal by the contemplation of a single bone, so the observer who has thoroughly understood one link in a series of incidents should be able to accurately state all the other ones, both before and after.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Deduction, Observation, Logic, Investigation, Scientific Method
Arthur Conan Doyle Deduction, Observation, Logic, Investigation, Scientific Method“I had no friends who would call upon me and break the monotony of my daily existence.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Loneliness, Isolation, Friendship, Daily Life, Social Interaction
Arthur Conan Doyle Loneliness, Isolation, Friendship, Daily Life, Social Interaction“When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Deduction, Logic, Truth, Problem-solving, Elimination Process
Arthur Conan Doyle Deduction, Logic, Truth, Problem-solving, Elimination Process“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. When I say, therefore, that Mycroft has better powers of observation than I, you may take it that I am speaking the exact and literal truth.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Logic, Self-assessment, Truth, Observation, Humility
Arthur Conan Doyle Logic, Self-assessment, Truth, Observation, Humility“I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Parenting, Character, Observation, Psychology, Human Nature
Arthur Conan Doyle Parenting, Character, Observation, Psychology, Human Nature“For some reason altogether beyond our conception – and man may have been a mere accident, a by-product evolved in the process. It is as if the scum upon the surface of the ocean imagined that the ocean was created in order to produce and sustain it or a mouse in a cathedral thought that the building was its own proper ordained residence.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Evolution, Human Existence, Perspective, Cosmic Insignificance, Philosophical Musing
Arthur Conan Doyle Evolution, Human Existence, Perspective, Cosmic Insignificance, Philosophical Musing“Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention?? 'To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.' 'The dog did nothing in the night-time.' 'That was the curious incident,' remarked Sherlock Holmes.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Observation, Deduction, Detective Work, Subtlety, Logic
Arthur Conan Doyle Observation, Deduction, Detective Work, Subtlety, Logic“I can never bring you to realize the importance of sleeves, the suggestiveness of thumb-nails, or the great issues that may hang from a boot-lace.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Details, Observation, Deduction, Investigative Skills, Subtle Clues
Arthur Conan Doyle Details, Observation, Deduction, Investigative Skills, Subtle Clues“There is no scent so pleasant to my nostrils as that faint, subtle reek which comes from an ancient book.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Books, Nostalgia, Smell, Antiquity, Bibliophile
Arthur Conan Doyle Books, Nostalgia, Smell, Antiquity, Bibliophile