Precept & Practice – MAY 23 – Charm

There may be treachery in fascination…..   but there is no deceit in charm – that mystery that might even be described as an effluence of the spirit of candour;  the candour of generous and gentle mind…..

Charm is the surest warrant of good companionship, high, sweet, serene, and lasting…..   Mind there must be, where there is charm;  but amongst its many tokens of a divine origin must be counted the fact that brilliancy of intellect is rarely its companion.   The light that naturally belongs to it is a steady, sweet, and cheerful wisdom, which lasts and helps it to last.

F. Greenwood

Small kindnesses, small courtesies, small considerations, habitually practised in our social intercourse, give a greater charm to the character than the display of great talents and accomplishments.

M. A. Kelty

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From the Introduction to Precept and Practice

The kindly welcome given to my other little books, ‘Being and Doing’ and ‘Character and Conduct,’ must be my excuse for adding another collection of extracts to the number now in circulation.

The quotations are gathered from the books of many earnest thinkers, and deal with Life in all its length and breadth, with ourselves, our characters, our plain unvarnished faults and weaknesses, our often untoward circumstances, and with all that drags us down;-  with our purposes, our religion, our love and friendships, and with all that uplifts us;-  with our relation to others, our influence and responsibilities, and finally with those stages of our journey which bring us to the Road’s Last Turn and to the Silent Land.

CONSTANCE  M. WHISHAW