Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.

Quote by George Eliot

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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 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...

Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.

Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.

What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are...

What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are...

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

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

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...

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.

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....

Consequences are unpitying.

Consequences are unpitying.

No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.

No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.

But human experience is usually paradoxical, that means incongruous with the phrases of current talk...

But human experience is usually paradoxical, that means incongruous with the phrases of current talk...

The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.

The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.

Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.

Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.

Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of...

Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of...

The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.

The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.

Adventure is not outside man; it is within.

Adventure is not outside man; it is within.

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,...

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...

With such a pity men preserve alive Pheasants and quails, when they are no fat...

With such a pity men preserve alive Pheasants and quails, when they are no fat...

It was luxuries like air conditioning that brought down the Roman Empire. With air conditioning...

It was luxuries like air conditioning that brought down the Roman Empire. With air conditioning...