The chief proof of man's real greatness lies in his perception of his own smallness.
Arthur Conan DoyleEducation never ends, Watson. It is a series of lessons, with the greatest for the last.
Arthur Conan DoyleHow sweet the morning air is! ...How small we feel with our petty ambitions and strivings in the presence of the great elemental forces of Nature!
Arthur Conan DoyleI said that he was my superior in observation and deduction. If the art of the detective began and ended in reasoning from an armchair, my brother would be the greatest criminal agent that ever lived. But he has no ambition and no energy. He will not even go out of his way to verify his own solutions, and would rather be considered wrong than take the trouble to prove himself right.
Arthur Conan Doyle