Must a name mean something?" Alice asked doubtfully. Of course it must," Humpty Dumpty said with a short laugh; "my name means the shape I am - and a good handsome shape it is, too. With a name like yours, you might be any shape, almost.

Lewis Carroll

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I'm not strange, weird, off, nor crazy, my reality is just differ... by Lewis Carroll

I'm not strange, weird, off, nor crazy, my reality is just different from yours.

crazy different reality

One of the secrets of life is that all that is really worth the d... by Lewis Carroll

One of the secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others.

beautiful inspirational life

Why is it that people with the most narrow of minds seem to have... by Lewis Carroll

Why is it that people with the most narrow of minds seem to have the widest of mouths?

mouths mind people

I can't go back to yesterday - because I was a different person t... by Lewis Carroll

I can't go back to yesterday - because I was a different person then.

change time life

One of the hardest things in the world is to convey a meaning acc... by Lewis Carroll

One of the hardest things in the world is to convey a meaning accurately from one mind to another.

hardest mind world

You're entirely bonkers. But I'll tell you a secret... All the be... by Lewis Carroll

You're entirely bonkers. But I'll tell you a secret... All the best people are!

mad inspirational people

If you limit your actions in life to things that nobody can possibly find fault with, you will not do much!

faults limits action

If you do not know where you want to go, it doesn't matter which... by Lewis Carroll

If you do not know where you want to go, it doesn't matter which path you take.

path matter want

Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before b... by Lewis Carroll

Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.

creativity ignorance children

Alice tried another question. "What sort of people live about her... by Lewis Carroll

Alice tried another question. "What sort of people live about here?"

cat crazy people

To me it seems that to give happiness is a far nobler goal that to attain it: and that what we exist for is much more a matter of relations to others than a matter of individual progress: much more a matter of helping others to heaven than of getting there ourselves.

helping-others goal giving

Whatever is worth doing is worth doing well. by Lewis Carroll

Whatever is worth doing is worth doing well.

wells yoga inspirational

Courtesy is a small act but it packs a mighty wallop. by Lewis Carroll

Courtesy is a small act but it packs a mighty wallop.

small-acts courtesy packs

Where should I go?" -Alice. "That depends on where you want to en... by Lewis Carroll

Where should I go?" -Alice. "That depends on where you want to end up." - The Cheshire Cat.

cat ends want

The hurrier I go, the behinder I get. by Lewis Carroll

The hurrier I go, the behinder I get.

wonderland relax inspirational

She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very sel... by Lewis Carroll

She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it).

advice sweet happiness

But, I nearly forgot, you must close your eyes otherwise you won'... by Lewis Carroll

But, I nearly forgot, you must close your eyes otherwise you won't see anything.

eye

They've a temper, some of them - particularly verbs, they're the proudest - adjectives you can do anything with, but not verbs.

through-the-looking-glass adjectives verbs

Alice: This is impossible. The Mad Hatter: Only if you believe it... by Lewis Carroll

Alice: This is impossible. The Mad Hatter: Only if you believe it is.

wonderland mad believe

If you drink much from a bottle marked 'poison' it is certain to... by Lewis Carroll

If you drink much from a bottle marked 'poison' it is certain to disagree with you sooner or later.

wonderland bottles poison