Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English writer of world-famous children’s fiction, notably Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass. Profoundly inspirational Lewis Carroll quotes will make you look at life differently and help you live a meaningful life.
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Famous Lewis Carroll Quotes
If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there. Lewis Carroll
It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then. Lewis Carroll
I can’t go back to yesterday because I was a different person then. Lewis Carroll
She generally gave herself very good advice, though she very seldom followed it. Lewis Carroll
Who in the world am I? Ah, that’s the great puzzle. Lewis Carroll
Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast. Lewis Carroll
But I don’t want to go among mad people, said Alice. Oh, you can’t help that, said the cat. We’re all mad here. Lewis Carroll
Always speak the truth, think before you speak, and write it down afterwards. Lewis Carroll
Begin at the beginning, the King said, very gravely, and go on till you come to the end then stop. Lewis Carroll
Take care of the sense and the sounds will take care of themselves. Lewis Carroll
Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here? That depends a good deal on where you want to get to. I don’t much care where Then it doesn’t matter which way you go. Lewis Carroll
The time has come, the walrus said, to talk of many things of shoes and ships and sealing wax of cabbages and kings. Lewis Carroll
If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn’t. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn’t be. And what it wouldn’t be, it would. You see? Lewis Carroll
Contrariwise, if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn’t, it ain’t. That’s logic. Lewis Carroll
Who in the world am I? Ah, that’s the great puzzle. Lewis Carroll
There are three hundred and sixty four days when you might get un birthday presents, and only one for birthday presents, you know. Lewis Carroll
I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says, Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again. Lewis Carroll
No good fish goes anywhere without a porpoise. Lewis Carroll
Curiouser and curiouser! Lewis Carroll
Everything’s got a moral, if only you can find it. Lewis Carroll
If everybody minded their own business, the world would go around a great deal faster than it does. Lewis Caroll
While the laughter of joy is in full harmony with our deeper life, the laughter of amusement should be kept apart from it. The danger is too great of thus learning to look at solemn things in a spirit of mockery, and to seek in them opportunities for exercising wit. Lewis Carroll
One of the deep secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others. Lewis Carroll
What is the use of a book, thought Alice, without pictures or conversations? Lewis Carroll
I don’t think then you shouldn’t talk, said the Hatter. Lewis Carroll
We called him Tortoise because he taught us. Lewis Carroll
I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then. Lewis Carroll
That’s the reason they’re called lessons, because they lesson from day to day. Lewis Carroll
Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality. Lewis Carroll
The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday but never jam today. Lewis Carroll
No, no! The adventures first, explanations take such a dreadful time. Lewis Carroll
Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast. Lewis Carroll
I’m not strange, weird, off, nor crazy, my reality is just different from yours. Lewis Carroll
One of the secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others. Lewis Carroll
Everything is funny, if you can laugh at it. Lewis Carroll
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end; then stop. Lewis Carroll
If you drink much from a bottle marked poison it is certain to disagree with you sooner or later. Lewis Carroll
Sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast. Lewis Carroll
My dear, here we must run as fast as we can, just to stay in place. And if you wish to go anywhere you must run twice as fast as that. Lewis Carroll
Oh, tis love, tis love that makes the world go round. Lewis Carroll
I’m afraid I can’t explain myself, sir. Because I am not myself, you see? Lewis Carroll
It’s a poor sort of memory that only works backwards. Lewis Carroll
Contrariwise, continued Tweedledee, if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn’t, it ain’t. That’s logic. Lewis Carroll
When I use a word, Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean neither more nor less. Lewis Carroll
The time has come, the walrus said, to talk of many things Of shoes and ships and sealing wax of cabbages and kings. Lewis Carroll
His answer trickled through my head like water through a sieve. Lewis Carroll
I wonder if I’ve been changed in the night. Let me think. Was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I’m not the same, the next question is Who in the world am I? Ah, that’s the great puzzle! Lewis Carroll
Which form of proverb do you prefer Better late than never, or Better never than late? Lewis Carroll
I knew who I was this morning, but I’ve changed a few times since then. Lewis Carroll
There comes a pause, for human strength will not endure to dance without cessation; and everyone must reach the point at length of absolute prostration. Lewis Carroll
Be what you would seem to be or, if you’d like it put more simply never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise. Lewis Carroll
I have proved by actual trial that a letter, that takes an hour to write, takes only about 3 minutes to read! Lewis Carroll
He was part of my dream, of course but then I was part of his dream, too. Lewis Carroll
Sentence first, verdict afterwards. Lewis Carroll
How puzzling all these changes are! I’m never sure what I’m going to be, from one minute to another. Lewis Carroll
But I was thinking of a way To multiply by ten, And always, in the answer, get The question back again. Lewis Carroll
And what is the use of a book, thought Alice, without pictures or conversation? Lewis Carroll
Twinkle, twinkle little bat How I wonder what you’re at! Up above the world you fly, Like a tea tray in the sky. Lewis Carroll
It is better to be feared than loved. Lewis Carroll
My dear, here we must run as fast as we can, just to stay in place. And if you wish to go anywhere you must run twice as fast as that. Lewis Carroll
It’s a poor sort of memory that only works backwards, says the White Queen to Alice. Lewis Carroll
Yes, that’s it! said the Hatter with a sigh, it’s always tea time. Lewis Carroll
Well, I never heard it before, but it sounds uncommon nonsense. Lewis Carroll
It would be so nice if something made sense for a change. Lewis Carroll
Speak in French when you can’t think of the English for a thing turn your toes out when you walk. And remember who you are! Lewis Carroll
It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then. Lewis Carroll
Alice had got so much into the way of expecting nothing but out of the way things to happen, that it seemed quite dull and stupid for life to go on in the common way. Lewis Carroll
When I was younger, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast. Lewis Carroll
I give myself very good advice, but I very seldom follow it. Lewis Carroll
Who in the world am I? Ah, that’s the great puzzle. Lewis Carroll
Why is a raven like a writing desk? Lewis Carroll
If you knew Time as well as I do you wouldn’t talk about wasting it. Lewis Carroll
You’re not the same as you were before, he said. You were much more muchier you’ve lost your muchness. Lewis Carroll
If you didn’t sign it that only makes the matter worse. You must have meant some mischief, or else you’d have signed your name like an honest man. Lewis Carroll
I could tell you my adventures beginning from this morning, said Alice a little timidly; but it’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then. Lewis Carroll
Imagination is the only weapon in the war with reality. Lewis Carroll
Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that! Lewis Carroll
I’m not strange, weird, off, nor crazy, my reality is just different from yours. Lewis Carroll
Just look down the road and tell me if you can see either of them. I see nobody on the road said Alice. I only wish I had such eyes, the King remarked in a fretful tone. To be able to see Nobody! And at such a distance too! Lewis Carroll
Everything is funny, if you can laugh at it. Lewis Carroll
In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was to get out again. Lewis Carroll
I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then. Lewis Carroll
It would be so nice if something made sense for a change. Lewis Carroll
No, no! The adventures first, explanations take such a dreadful time. Lewis Carroll
There is a place, like no place on earth. A land full of wonder, mystery, and danger. Some say, to survive it, you need to be as mad as a hatter. Which, luckily, I am. Lewis Carroll
Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality. Lewis Carroll
If you set to work to believe everything, you will tire out the believing muscles of your mind, and then you’ll be so weak you won’t be able to believe the simplest true things. Lewis Carroll
The hurrier I go, the behinder I get. Lewis Carroll
We’re all mad here. Im mad. You’re mad. Lewis Carroll
But I don’t want to go among mad people, said Alice. Oh, you can’t help that, said the cat. We’re all mad here. Lewis Carroll
If you’ll believe in me, I’ll believe in you. Is that a bargain? Lewis Carroll
She generally gave herself very good advice, though she very seldom followed it. Lewis Carroll
Lastly, she pictured to herself how this same little sister of hers would, in the after time, be herself a grown woman; and how she would keep, through all her riper years, the simple and loving heart of her childhood and how she would gather about her other little children, and make their eyes bright and eager with many a strange tale, perhaps even with the dream of Wonderland of long ago and how she would feel with all their simple sorrows, and find a pleasure in all their simple joys, remembering her own child life, and the happy summer days. Lewis Carroll
The Caterpillar and Alice looked at each other for some time in silence at last the Caterpillar took the hookah out of its mouth. Lewis Carroll
Read the directions and directly you will be directed in the right direction. Lewis Carroll
