For what is love itself, for the one we love best? An enfolding of immeasurable cares which yet are better than any joys outside our love.

Quote by George Eliot

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

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

We must find our duties in what comes to us, not in what might have...

We must find our duties in what comes to us, not in what might have...

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

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...

Consequences are unpitying.

Consequences are unpitying.

There is much pain that is quite noiseless; and vibrations that make human agonies are...

There is much pain that is quite noiseless; and vibrations that make human agonies are...

The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing...

The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing...

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down

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

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

Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life.

Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life.

In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.

In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.

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

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

It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are...

It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are...

Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral

Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral

Every woman is supposed to have the same set of motives, or else to be...

Every woman is supposed to have the same set of motives, or else to be...

I like not only to be loved, but to be told I am loved.

I like not only to be loved, but to be told I am loved.

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

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

The sons of Judah have to choose that God may again choose them. The divine...

The sons of Judah have to choose that God may again choose them. The divine...

Is it not rather what we expect in men, that they should have numerous strands...

Is it not rather what we expect in men, that they should have numerous strands...

An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest...

An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest...