Character and Conduct – 25 August – Jealousy

WE are not jealous of what we give up, but of what is wrested from our unwilling hands.   The first is always ours, the second never can be…

Jealousy is not love, but it is the two-edged sword that parts true love from counterfeit.   At its touch, the knowledge of what it is to love without reward, thrills heart and brain, sharp and clear, almost a vision of hell.   Then if we are base, we die to love;  but if we are noble, it is to ourselves we die…

It is only what we surrender willingly that is ours always, as the wave never loses what it surrenders to the sea.

Turkish Bonds, MAY KENDALL

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These quotes are from ‘Character and Conduct’ A selection of helpful thoughts from various authors arranged for daily reading.

Collected by Constance M Whishaw and first published in 1905 as a follow up to her volume of Daily Readings for members of the Being and Doing Guild who asked for an additional volume

In her preface Whishaw writes:

‘This collection of noble thoughts expressed by men and women of past and present ages who have endeavoured to leave the world a little better than they found it.’

It is my hope in publishing them here readers may be inspired to imitate the example of the authors.