There is much pain that is quite noiseless; and vibrations that make human agonies are often a mere whisper in the roar of hurrying existence. There are glances of hatred that stab and raise no cry of murder; robberies that…

Quote by George Eliot

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More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple pity that will not forsake...

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple pity that will not forsake...

It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less...

It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less...

An age at which many men are not quite common - at which they are...

An age at which many men are not quite common - at which they are...

Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which...

Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which...

Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation,...

Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation,...

Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of...

Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of...

Be courteous, be obliging, but don't give yourself over to be melted down for the...

Be courteous, be obliging, but don't give yourself over to be melted down for the...

No story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we...

No story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we...

Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of those who...

Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of those who...

Our instructed vagrancy, which has hardly time to linger by the hedgerows, but runs away...

Our instructed vagrancy, which has hardly time to linger by the hedgerows, but runs away...

The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision.

The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision.

There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of...

There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of...

Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty

Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty

Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face.

Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face.

I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offence.

I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offence.

The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by...

The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by...

To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling...

To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling...

It is never too late to be who you might have been.

It is never too late to be who you might have been.

Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be,...

Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be,...

To change you have to become fed up with being who you are now.

To change you have to become fed up with being who you are now.

People don't resist change. They resist being changed!

People don't resist change. They resist being changed!

So many fail because they don't get started - they don't go. They don't overcome...

So many fail because they don't get started - they don't go. They don't overcome...

It's not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what...

It's not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what...

No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose...

No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose...

Every man has in himself a continent of undiscovered character. Happy is he who acts...

Every man has in himself a continent of undiscovered character. Happy is he who acts...