Life of Charlotte Brontë Volume I and II Quotes

“he loss of what we possess nearest and dearest to us in this world, produces an effect upon the character we search out what we have yet left that can support, and, when found, we cling to it with a hold of new–strung tenacity. The faculty of imagination lifted me when I was sinking, three months ago; its active exercise has kept my head above water since; its results cheer me now, for I feel they have enabled me to give pleasure to others. I am thankful to God, who gave me the faculty; and it is for me a part of my religion to defend this gift, and to profit by its possession.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Life of Charlotte Brontë Volume I and II

“The right path is that which necessitates the greatest sacrifice of self-interest -- which implies the greatest good to others; and this path, steadily followed, will lead, I believe, in time, to prosperity and to happiness; though it may seem, at the outset, to tend quite in a contrary direction.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Life of Charlotte Brontë Volume I and II

“I know the greatness of Jehovah; I acknowledge the perfection of His word; I adore the purity of the Christian faith; my theory is right, my practice horribly wrong.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Life of Charlotte Brontë Volume I and II

“Then, too, imagination is a strong, restless faculty, which claims to be heard and exercised: are we to be deaf to her cry, and insensate to her struggles? When she shows us bright pictures, are we never to look at them, and try to reproduce them? And when she is eloquent, and speaks rapidly and urgently in our ear, are we not to write her dictation?”
― Charlotte Brontë, Life of Charlotte Brontë Volume I and II