There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil, a natural defect, which not even the best education can overcome.
Character calls forth character.
There may be no heroic connotation to the word “persistence,” but the quality is to the character of man what carbon is to steel.[Also known as:]Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
And what makes you think you’re a main character in anything but your own mind?
What that character is we shall show in due time, namely, that it is the knowledge of the union existing between the mind and the whole of nature.
War being the greatest of evils, all its accessories necessarily partake of the same character.
True independence of character empowers us to act rather than be acted upon.
To live in a great idea means to treat the impossible as though it were possible. It is just the same with a strong character; and when an idea and a character meet, things arise which fill the world with wonder for thousands of years.
There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at.
There are those whose character is like a chestnut without a kernel.[Qu’il y en a dont le caractère est comme une châtaigne sans pulpe.]
The psychology of character is interesting. One cannot be interested in crime without being interested in psychology. It is not the mere act of killing, it is what lies behind it that appeals to the expert.
The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of either merit or sense.