“So hopeless is the world without; The world within I doubly prize; Thy world, where guile, and hate, and doubt, And cold suspicion never rise; Where thou, and I, and Liberty, Have undisputed sovereignty.”— Emily Brontë, To Imagination, st. 2 (1846)Share
“I've dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas.”— Emily BrontëShare
“The night is darkening round me, The wild winds coldly blow; But a tyrant spell has bound me And I cannot, cannot go.”— Emily BrontëShare
“Those who conduct themselves with morality, integrity and consistency need not fear the forces of inhumanity and cruelty.”— Nelson MandelaShare
“I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master.”— Thomas JeffersonShare
“It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the publick to be the most anxious for its welfare.”— Edmund BurkeShare
“The basic stimulus to the intelligence is doubt, a feeling that the meaning of an experience is not self-evident.”— W. H. AudenShare
“I doubt if a charging elephant, or a rhino, is as determined, or hard to check, as a socially ambitious mother.”— Will RogersShare
“Though I admire republican principles in theory, yet I am afraid the practice may be too perfect for human nature.”— Horace WalpoleShare
