What I want is, not to possess religion, but to have a religion that shall possess me. Charles Kingsley More Quotes by Charles Kingsley More Quotes From Charles Kingsley A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend, one human soul whom we can trust utterly, who knows the best and worst of us, and who loves us in spite of all our faults. Charles Kingsley best-friendlovefriendship All we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about. Charles Kingsley runninghappinessreality There are two freedoms - the false, where a man is free to do what he likes; the true, where he is free to do what he ought. Charles Kingsley freedommentwo I do not want merely to possess a faith, I want a faith that possesses me. Charles Kingsley christianfaithwant Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle will never know. Charles Kingsley thanksgivingexcellenceself Beauty is God's handwriting — a wayside sacrament; welcome it in every fair face, every fair sky, every fair flower, and thank for it Him. Charles Kingsley flowerchristianbeauty If you wish to be miserable, think about yourself, about what you want, what you like, what respect people ought to pay you, what people think of you; and then to you nothing will be pure. You will spoil everything you touch; you will make sin and misery for yourself out of everything God sends you; you will be as wretched as you choose. Charles Kingsley respectpeoplethinking Cheerfulness is full of significance: it suggests good health, a clear conscience, and a soul at peace with all human nature. Charles Kingsley self-improvementhuman-naturesoul You must not talk about 'ain't and can't' when you speak of this great wonderful world round you, of which the wisest man knows only the very smallest corner, and is, as the great Sir Isaac Newton said, only a child picking up pebbles on the shore of a boundless ocean. Charles Kingsley oceannaturechildren Look at the bow in the cloud, in the very rain itself. That is a sign that the sun, though you cannot see it, is shining still -- that up above beyond the cloud is still sunlight and warmth and cloudless blue sky. Charles Kingsley militaryrainwar A blessed thing it is to have a friend; one human soul whom we can trust utterly; who knows the best and worst of us, and who loves us in spite of all our faults; who will speak the honest truth to us, while the world flatters us to our face, and laughs at us behind our back; who will give us counsel and reproof in a day of prosperity and self-conceit; but who, again, will comfort and encourage us in days of difficulty and sorrow, when the world leaves us alone to fight our own battle as we can. Charles Kingsley fightingblessedself Pain is no evil, unless it conquers us. Charles Kingsley painevilreality Nothing is so infectious as example. Charles Kingsley example The men whom I have seen succeed best in life always have been cheerful and hopeful men; who went about their business with a smile on their faces; and took the changes and chances of this mortal life like men; facing rough and smooth alike as it came. Charles Kingsley hopemenlife Make it a rule and pray to God to help you keep it . . . never, if possible, to lie down at night without being able to say "I have made one human being at least a little wiser, a little happier, or a little better this day." Charles Kingsley inspirational-lovenightlying Did it ever strike you that goodness is not merely a beautiful thing, but by far the most beautiful thing in the whole world? So that nothing is to be compared for value with goodness; that riches, honor, power, pleasure, learning, the whole world and all in it, are not worth having in comparison with being good; and the utterly best thing for a person is to be good, even though they were never to be rewarded for it. Charles Kingsley honorbeautifulworld Except a living man, there is nothing more wonderful than a book. Charles Kingsley readingmenbook A man may learn from his Bible to be a more thorough gentleman than if he had been brought up in all the drawing-rooms in London. Charles Kingsley drawinggentlemanmen It is not darkness you are going to, for God is Light. It is not lonely, for Christ is with you. It is not unknown country, for Christ is there. Charles Kingsley lonelylightcountry There's no use doing a kindness if you do it a day too late. Charles Kingsley generositykindnessreality
