Adventure is not outside man; it is within.

Quote by George Eliot

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

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

Death is the king of this world: 'Tis his park where he breeds life to...

Death is the king of this world: 'Tis his park where he breeds life to...

There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be...

There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be...

The world is full of hopeful analogies and handsome, dubious eggs, called possibilities.

The world is full of hopeful analogies and handsome, dubious eggs, called possibilities.

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

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

It's but little good you'll do a-watering the last year's crops.

It's but little good you'll do a-watering the last year's crops.

The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect...

The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect...

Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage...

Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage...

Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one's self to do...

Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one's self to do...

And when a woman's will is as strong as the man's who wants to govern...

And when a woman's will is as strong as the man's who wants to govern...

All meanings, we know, depend on the key of interpretation.

All meanings, we know, depend on the key of interpretation.

That's what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one...

That's what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one...

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

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

You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing....

You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing....

Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity

Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires opportunity

Our consciousness rarely registers the beginning of a growth within us any more than without...

Our consciousness rarely registers the beginning of a growth within us any more than without...

How could a man be satisfied with a decision between such alternatives and under such...

How could a man be satisfied with a decision between such alternatives and under such...

Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love

Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love

Don't be jealous of people who actually want to make something of themselves! Instead see...

Don't be jealous of people who actually want to make something of themselves! Instead see...

Hoes were jealous, but wouldn't admit it. Talk shit, and deny to everyone that they...

Hoes were jealous, but wouldn't admit it. Talk shit, and deny to everyone that they...