I must dislike those who, whatever I do to please them, persist in disliking me; I must resist those who punish me unjustly.
Tag: Jane Eyre
Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs.
I hold a creed, which no one ever taught me, and which I seldon mention, but in which I delight, and to which I cling, for it extends hope to all; it makes eternity a rest – a mighty home – not a terror and an abyss. With this creed,
It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.