I fear, the inevitable conclusion we must all come to is, that in the world happiness is quite indefinable. We can no more grasp it than we can grasp the sun in the sky or the moon in the water. We can feel it interpenetrating our whole being with warmth and strength; we can see it in a pale reflection shining elsewhere; or in its total absence, we, walking in darkness, learn to appreciate what it is by what it is not.
Dinah Maria Murlock CraikKeep what is worth keeping and with the breath of kindness blow the rest away.
Dinah Maria Murlock CraikThe man who does his work, any work, conscientiously, must always be in one sense a great man.
Dinah Maria Murlock CraikThough it is folly to suppose that happiness is a matter of volition, and that we can make ourselves content and cheerful whenever we choose - a theory that many poor hypochondriacs are taunted with till they are nigh driven mad - yet, on the other hand, no sane mind is ever left without the power of self-discipline and self-control in a measure, which measure increases in proportion as it is exercised.
Dinah Maria Murlock CraikLove never stands still; it must inevitably be either growing or decaying - especially the love of marriage.
Dinah Maria Murlock Craik