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
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“Several incidents in my life have convinced me of spiritual interposition – of the promptings of some beneficent force outside ourselves, which tries to help us where it can.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Spirituality, Divine Intervention, Personal Experience, Belief, Supernatural
Arthur Conan Doyle Spirituality, Divine Intervention, Personal Experience, Belief, Supernatural“I think you want a little unofficial help. Three undetected murders in one year won't do, Lestrade. But you handled the Molesey Mystery with less than your usual – that's to say, you handled it fairly well.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Assistance, Police Work, Criticism, Compliment, Detective Skills
Arthur Conan Doyle Assistance, Police Work, Criticism, Compliment, Detective Skills“I fear that I bore you with these details, but I have to let you see my little difficulties, if you are to understand the situation.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Explanation, Details, Understanding, Communication, Problem-solving
Arthur Conan Doyle Explanation, Details, Understanding, Communication, Problem-solving“I am not the law, but I represent justice so far as my feeble powers go.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Justice, Law, Morality, Humility, Responsibility
Arthur Conan Doyle Justice, Law, Morality, Humility, Responsibility“It was a tremendously virile and yet sinister face which was turned towards us. With the brow of a philosopher above and the jaw of a sensualist below, the man must have started with great capacities for good or for evil. But one could not look upon his cruel blue eyes, with their drooping, cynical lids, or upon the fierce, aggressive nose and the threatening, deep-lined brow, without reading Nature's plainest danger-signals.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Character Description, Physiognomy, Evil, Human Nature, Observation
Arthur Conan Doyle Character Description, Physiognomy, Evil, Human Nature, Observation“Amberley excelled at chess – a mark, Watson, of a scheming mind.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Chess, Intelligence, Strategy, Character Assessment, Mental Acuity
Arthur Conan Doyle Chess, Intelligence, Strategy, Character Assessment, Mental Acuity“A man always finds it hard to realize that he may have finally lost a woman's love, however badly he may have treated her.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Love, Realization, Relationships, Human Nature, Emotional Blindness
Arthur Conan Doyle Love, Realization, Relationships, Human Nature, Emotional Blindness“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“To that Providence, my sons, I hereby commend you, and I counsel you by way of caution to forbear from crossing the moor in those dark hours when the powers of evil are exalted.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Caution, Evil, Supernatural, Fatherly Advice, Dark Forces
Arthur Conan Doyle Caution, Evil, Supernatural, Fatherly Advice, Dark Forces“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“It is with nations as it is with individuals. A book of history is a book of sermons.” Arthur Conan Doyle
History, Wisdom, Nations, Individuals, Learning
Arthur Conan Doyle History, Wisdom, Nations, Individuals, Learning“A strong wind sang sadly as it bent the trees in front of the Hall. A half moon shone through the dark, flying clouds on to the wild and empty moor.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Atmosphere, Nature, Mood, Description, Setting
Arthur Conan Doyle Atmosphere, Nature, Mood, Description, Setting“The weak man becomes strong when he has nothing, for then only can he feel the wild, mad thrill of despair.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Despair, Strength, Adversity, Human Nature, Transformation
Arthur Conan Doyle Despair, Strength, Adversity, Human Nature, Transformation“It is, I admit, mere imagination; but how often is imagination the mother of truth?” Arthur Conan Doyle
Imagination, Truth, Creativity, Insight, Intellectual Curiosity
Arthur Conan Doyle Imagination, Truth, Creativity, Insight, Intellectual Curiosity“The fair sex is your department.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Gender Roles, Expertise, Division Of Labor, Stereotypes, Interpersonal Skills
Arthur Conan Doyle Gender Roles, Expertise, Division Of Labor, Stereotypes, Interpersonal Skills“Critics kind never mind! Critics flatter no matter! Critics blame all the same! Do your best damn the rest!” Arthur Conan Doyle
Criticism, Perseverance, Self-belief, Artistic Integrity, Motivation
Arthur Conan Doyle Criticism, Perseverance, Self-belief, Artistic Integrity, Motivation“Women are naturally secretive, and they like to do their own secreting.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Women, Secrecy, Gender Stereotypes, Human Nature, Observation
Arthur Conan Doyle Women, Secrecy, Gender Stereotypes, Human Nature, Observation“I am an omnivorous reader with a strangely retentive memory for trifles.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Reading, Memory, Knowledge, Trivia, Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle Reading, Memory, Knowledge, Trivia, Sherlock Holmes“It is hardly fair to blame America for the state of San Francisco, for its population is cosmopolitan and its seaport attracts the floating vice of the Pacific; but be the cause what it may, there is much room for spiritual betterment.” Arthur Conan Doyle
Morality, Urban Life, Cosmopolitanism, Spiritual Growth, Social Commentary
Arthur Conan Doyle Morality, Urban Life, Cosmopolitanism, Spiritual Growth, Social Commentary