The soul is swayed by the waters.
Arthur Conan Doyle
Soul, Nature, Emotion, Introspection, Philosophical Musing
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“The work is its own reward.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Work, Satisfaction, Intrinsic Motivation, Fulfillment, Professional Ethics
Arthur Conan Doyle Work, Satisfaction, Intrinsic Motivation, Fulfillment, Professional Ethics“From the instant that we passed the rise, we could no longer see the vehicle, but we hastened onward at such a pace that my sedentary life began to tell upon me, and I was compelled to fall behind. Holmes, however, was always in training, for he had inexhaustible stores of nervous energy upon which to draw.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Endurance, Fitness, Energy, Physical Condition, Mental Strength
Arthur Conan Doyle Endurance, Fitness, Energy, Physical Condition, Mental Strength“If in 100 years I am only known as the man who invented Sherlock Holmes then I will have considered my life a failure.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Legacy, Ambition, Authorship, Literary Creation, Personal Goals
Arthur Conan Doyle Legacy, Ambition, Authorship, Literary Creation, Personal Goals“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“It is a mistake to confound strangeness with mystery.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Mystery, Strangeness, Perception, Logical Thinking, Investigative Mindset
Arthur Conan Doyle Mystery, Strangeness, Perception, Logical Thinking, Investigative Mindset“I believe you are a wizard, Mr. Holmes.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Admiration, Intelligence, Sherlock Holmes, Deductive Skills, Compliment
Arthur Conan Doyle Admiration, Intelligence, Sherlock Holmes, Deductive Skills, Compliment“It shows him to be a very wealthy man. How did he acquire wealth? He is unmarried. His younger brother is a station master in the west of England. His chair is worth seven hundred a year.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Deduction, Wealth, Observation, Family Relations, Social Status
Arthur Conan Doyle Deduction, Wealth, Observation, Family Relations, Social Status“The more we progress the more we tend to progress. We advance not in arithmetical but in geometrical progression. We draw compound interest on the whole capital of knowledge and virtue which has been accumulated since the dawning of time.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Progress, Knowledge, Virtue, Human Advancement, Intellectual Growth
Arthur Conan Doyle Progress, Knowledge, Virtue, Human Advancement, Intellectual Growth“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“Circumstantial evidence is occasionally very convincing, as when you find a trout in the milk, to quote Thoreau's example.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Evidence, Deduction, Observation, Investigation, Literary Reference
Arthur Conan Doyle Evidence, Deduction, Observation, Investigation, Literary Reference“You cannot see the lettuce and the dressing without suspecting a salad.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Deduction, Observation, Logic, Humor, Everyday Life
Arthur Conan Doyle Deduction, Observation, Logic, Humor, Everyday Life“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“Crime is a commonplace, existence is a commonplace, and no qualities save those which are commonplace have any function upon earth.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Crime, Existence, Mediocrity, Societal Norms, Human Nature
Arthur Conan Doyle Crime, Existence, Mediocrity, Societal Norms, Human Nature“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
Arthur Conan Doyle Books, Bibliophile, Reading, Comfort, Personal Taste“The chief proof of man's real greatness lies in his perception of his own smallness.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Humility, Greatness, Self-awareness, Perspective, Human Nature
Arthur Conan Doyle Humility, Greatness, Self-awareness, Perspective, Human Nature“What, indeed? It is art for art's sake, Watson.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Art, Aesthetics, Purpose, Sherlock Holmes, Watson
Arthur Conan Doyle Art, Aesthetics, Purpose, Sherlock Holmes, Watson“It is a mistake to confound strangeness with mystery. The most commonplace crime is often the most mysterious, because it presents no new or special features from which deductions may be drawn.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Mystery, Commonplace, Investigation, Deduction, Crime Solving
Arthur Conan Doyle Mystery, Commonplace, Investigation, Deduction, Crime Solving“From a drop of water a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagara without having seen or heard of one or the other.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Logic, Deduction, Inference, Observation, Intellectual Ability
Arthur Conan Doyle Logic, Deduction, Inference, Observation, Intellectual Ability