Ignorant kindness may have the effect of cruelty; but to be angry with it as if it were direct cruelty would be an ignorant unkindness.

Quote by George Eliot

Topics: Kindness Quotes

She was no longer wrestling with the grief, but could sit down with it as...

She was no longer wrestling with the grief, but could sit down with it as...

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....

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?

It belongs to every large nature, when it is not under the immediate power of...

It belongs to every large nature, when it is not under the immediate power of...

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...

I'm not denying the women are foolish: God almighty made 'em to match the men.

I'm not denying the women are foolish: God almighty made 'em to match the men.

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...

For what is love itself, for the one we love best? An enfolding of immeasurable...

For what is love itself, for the one we love best? An enfolding of immeasurable...

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

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

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...

Best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness!

Best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness!

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.

It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant...

It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant...

Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities

Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities

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...

The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.

The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

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.

I think it's impossible to really know someone, what they want, what they believe, and...

I think it's impossible to really know someone, what they want, what they believe, and...

If you don't understand how a woman could both love her sister dearly and want...

If you don't understand how a woman could both love her sister dearly and want...