It was a singular bedroom, with its high walls of brown volumes, but there could be no more agreeable furniture to a bookworm like myself, and there is no scent so pleasant to my nostrils as that faint, subtle reek which comes from an ancient book. I assured him that I could desire no more charming chamber, and no more congenial surroundings.
Arthur Conan Doyle
Books, Bibliophile, Reading, Comfort, Personal Taste
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“So complex is the human spirit that it can itself scarce discern the deep springs which impel it to action.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Human Nature, Motivation, Psychology, Self-awareness, Complexity
Arthur Conan Doyle Human Nature, Motivation, Psychology, Self-awareness, Complexity“It is stupidity rather than courage to refuse to recognize danger when it is close upon you.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Danger, Courage, Stupidity, Self-preservation, Realism
Arthur Conan Doyle Danger, Courage, Stupidity, Self-preservation, Realism“I have asked myself if the best which can be done with virtue is to shut it within high walls as though it were some savage creature. If the good will lock themselves up, and if the wicked will still wander free, then alas for the world!" Alleyne.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Virtue, Morality, Good Vs Evil, Societal Norms, Philosophical Question
Arthur Conan Doyle Virtue, Morality, Good Vs Evil, Societal Norms, Philosophical Question“The mighty voice of Canada will ever call to me.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Canada, Nostalgia, Nature, Personal Connection, Patriotism
Arthur Conan Doyle Canada, Nostalgia, Nature, Personal Connection, Patriotism“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“What, my friends, is the conquest of one nation by another? It is meaningless. Each produces the same result. But those fierce fights, when in the dawn of the ages the cave-dwellers held their own against the tier folk, or the elephants first found that they had a master, those were the real conquests – the victories that count.” Arthur Conan Doyle
History, Conquest, Evolution, Human Progress, Perspective
Arthur Conan Doyle History, Conquest, Evolution, Human Progress, Perspective“Our ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Nature, Interpretation, Broad-mindedness, Scientific Thinking, Holistic Approach
Arthur Conan Doyle Nature, Interpretation, Broad-mindedness, Scientific Thinking, Holistic Approach“The interplay of ideas and the oblique uses of knowledge are often of extraordinary interest. You.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Knowledge, Ideas, Intellectual Curiosity, Learning, Interdisciplinary Thinking
Arthur Conan Doyle Knowledge, Ideas, Intellectual Curiosity, Learning, Interdisciplinary Thinking“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“It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Books, Personal Growth, Education, Life Advice, Intellectual Foundation
Arthur Conan Doyle Books, Personal Growth, Education, Life Advice, Intellectual Foundation“Any truth is better than indefinite doubt.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Truth, Doubt, Certainty, Knowledge, Wisdom
Arthur Conan Doyle Truth, Doubt, Certainty, Knowledge, Wisdom“To all the world he was the man of violence, half animal and half demon; but to her he always remained the little wilful boy of her own girlhood, the child who had clung to her hand. Evil indeed is the man who has not one woman to mourn him.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Perception, Love, Evil, Human Nature, Judgement
Arthur Conan Doyle Perception, Love, Evil, Human Nature, Judgement“One forms provisional theories and waits for time or fuller knowledge to explode them. A bad habit, Mr. Ferguson, but human nature is weak. Sherlock Holmes speaking with Dr. Watson.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Theories, Knowledge, Human Nature, Scientific Method, Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle Theories, Knowledge, Human Nature, Scientific Method, Sherlock Holmes“How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?” Arthur Conan Doyle
Deduction, Logic, Truth, Investigation, Problem-solving
Arthur Conan Doyle Deduction, Logic, Truth, Investigation, Problem-solving“Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Talent, Genius, Mediocrity, Recognition, Human Potential
Arthur Conan Doyle Talent, Genius, Mediocrity, Recognition, Human Potential“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“Life is infinitely stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Life, Imagination, Reality, Strangeness, Human Experience
Arthur Conan Doyle Life, Imagination, Reality, Strangeness, Human Experience