"He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of the power to use them." ― Charles Kingsley Topic(s): Men More From Charles Kingsley "Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God’s handwriting." "It is only the great hearted who can be true friends. The mean and cowardly, Can never know what true friendship means." "A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend, one human soul whom we can trust utterly, who knows the best and worst of us, and who loves us in spite of all our faults." More In Men "Honor is simply the morality of superior men."― H. L. Mencken "If we became students of Malcolm X, we would not have young black men out there killing each other like they’re killing each other now. Young black men would not be impregnating young black women at the rate going on now. We’d not have the drugs we have now, or the alcoholism."― Spike Lee "It is the nature of the artist to mind excessively what is said about him. Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others."― Virginia Woolf