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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If we had a keen vision of all that is ordinary in human life, it...

If we had a keen vision of all that is ordinary in human life, it...

No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in,...

No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in,...

Rome - the city of visible history, where the past of a whole hemisphere seems...

Rome - the city of visible history, where the past of a whole hemisphere seems...

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...

Might, could, would - they are contemptible auxiliaries.

Might, could, would - they are contemptible auxiliaries.

Best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness!

Best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness!

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

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

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.

Hear Everything and judge for yourself

Hear Everything and judge for yourself

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

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

Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful...

Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful...

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

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

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...

We hand folks over to God's mercy, and show none ourselves.

We hand folks over to God's mercy, and show none ourselves.

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

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...

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

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

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.