Our consciousness rarely registers the beginning of a growth within us any more than without us; there have been many circulation of the sap before we detect the smallest sign of the bud.

Quote by George Eliot

Topics: Conscience Quotes

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

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

I can't bare fishing. I think people look like fools sitting watching a line hour...

I can't bare fishing. I think people look like fools sitting watching a line hour...

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

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

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

Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities

Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities

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,...

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...

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!

I like trying to get pregnant. I'm not so sure about childbirth.

I like trying to get pregnant. I'm not so sure about childbirth.

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.

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...

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.

Harold, like the rest of us, had many impressions which saved him the trouble of...

Harold, like the rest of us, had many impressions which saved him the trouble of...

Best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness!

Best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness!

The most solid comfort one can fall back upon is the thought that the business...

The most solid comfort one can fall back upon is the thought that the business...

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...

Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral

Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral

It always seemed to me a sort of clever stupidity only to have one sort...

It always seemed to me a sort of clever stupidity only to have one sort...

Stupefaction, when it persists, becomes stupidity.

Stupefaction, when it persists, becomes stupidity.

But courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon...

But courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon...