“Cleave ever to the sunnier side of doubt, and cling to Faith beyond the forms of Faith!”

— Alfred, Lord Tennyson, "The Ancient Sage" (1885)

About Alfred, Lord Tennyson

1809 – 1892

English poet laureate of Queen Victoria, known for 'In Memoriam A.H.H.' (1850) and 'The Charge of the Light Brigade'.

“'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.”

“The bearing and the training of a child is woman's wisdom.”

“A sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier things.”

“When in doubt, tell the truth.”

“Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.”

“I never "worry" about action, but only about inaction.”

“The superior man has neither anxiety nor fear.”

“Gratitude looks to the past and love to the present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead.”

“When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness.”