It is, I admit, mere imagination; but how often is imagination the mother of truth?
Arthur Conan Doyle
Imagination, Truth, Creativity, Insight, Intellectual Curiosity
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“This fellow will not go wrong again; he is too terribly frightened. Send him to gaol now, and you make him a gaol-bird for life. Besides, it is the season of forgiveness. Chance has put in our way a most singular and whimsical problem, and its solution is its own reward.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Justice, Forgiveness, Rehabilitation, Problem-solving, Moral Decision
Arthur Conan Doyle Justice, Forgiveness, Rehabilitation, Problem-solving, Moral Decision“And now let us talk about George Meredith, if you please, and we shall leave all minor matters until to-morrow.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Literature, Conversation, Priorities, Intellectual Discussion, Time Management
Arthur Conan Doyle Literature, Conversation, Priorities, Intellectual Discussion, Time Management“My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Mental Stimulation, Boredom, Work Ethic, Intellectual Challenge, Personal Trait
Arthur Conan Doyle Mental Stimulation, Boredom, Work Ethic, Intellectual Challenge, Personal Trait“There are heroisms all round us waiting to be done.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Heroism, Opportunity, Everyday Life, Inspiration, Human Potential
Arthur Conan Doyle Heroism, Opportunity, Everyday Life, Inspiration, Human Potential“Never trust to general impressions, my boy, but concentrate yourself upon details.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Details, Observation, Advice, Detective Work, Methodology
Arthur Conan Doyle Details, Observation, Advice, Detective Work, Methodology“The sight of a friendly face in the great wilderness of London is a pleasant thing indeed to a lonely man.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Loneliness, Friendship, City Life, Human Connection, London
Arthur Conan Doyle Loneliness, Friendship, City Life, Human Connection, London“There are times, young fellah, when every one of us must make a stand for human right and justice, or you never feel clean again.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Justice, Morality, Courage, Human Rights, Personal Integrity
Arthur Conan Doyle Justice, Morality, Courage, Human Rights, Personal Integrity“Holy Men! Holy Cabbages! Holy Bean Pods! What do they do but live and suck in sustenance and grow fat?” Arthur Conan Doyle
Religion, Criticism, Cynicism, Hypocrisy, Human Nature
Arthur Conan Doyle Religion, Criticism, Cynicism, Hypocrisy, Human Nature“London, that great cesspool into which all the loungers and idlers of the Empire are irresistibly drained.” Arthur Conan Doyle
London, City Life, Societal Critique, Urban Description, Imperial Capital
Arthur Conan Doyle London, City Life, Societal Critique, Urban Description, Imperial Capital“A study in scarlet, eh? Why shouldn't we use a little art jargon? There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Murder, Investigation, Metaphor, Detective Work, Life And Death
Arthur Conan Doyle Murder, Investigation, Metaphor, Detective Work, Life And Death“My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people do not know.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes, Knowledge, Detective Work, Expertise, Identity
Arthur Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes, Knowledge, Detective Work, Expertise, Identity“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“She entered with ungainly struggle like some huge awkward chicken, torn, squawking, out of its coop.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Description, Simile, Awkwardness, Observation, Literary Style
Arthur Conan Doyle Description, Simile, Awkwardness, Observation, Literary Style“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“If she were seventeen at the time of her father's disappearance she must be seven-and-twenty now – a sweet age, when youth has lost its self-consciousness and become a little sobered by experience.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Age, Maturity, Experience, Youth, Personal Growth
Arthur Conan Doyle Age, Maturity, Experience, Youth, Personal Growth“It is just all the difference between happiness and misery," said Challenger with an abstracted face, still patting his wife's hand. "You can swim with the tide and have peace in mind and soul, or you can thrust against it and be bruised and weary. This business is beyond us, so let us accept it as it stands and say no more.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Acceptance, Happiness, Struggle, Philosophy, Life Advice
Arthur Conan Doyle Acceptance, Happiness, Struggle, Philosophy, Life Advice“To underestimate oneself is as much an exaggeration of one's powers than the other.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Self-assessment, Humility, Confidence, Balance, Personal Evaluation
Arthur Conan Doyle Self-assessment, Humility, Confidence, Balance, Personal Evaluation“Come what may, I am bound to think that all things are ordered for the best; though when the good is a furlong off, and we with our beetle eyes can only see three inches, it takes some confidence in general principles to pull us through.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Optimism, Faith, Perspective, Human Limitations, Perseverance
Arthur Conan Doyle Optimism, Faith, Perspective, Human Limitations, Perseverance