The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.

Quote by George Eliot

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The years seem to rush by now, and I think of death as a fast...

The years seem to rush by now, and I think of death as a fast...

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude roots that can be pulled up.

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude roots that can be pulled up.

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...

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...

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

Jealousy is never satisfied with anything short of an omniscience that would detect the subtlest...

Jealousy is never satisfied with anything short of an omniscience that would detect the subtlest...

But that intimacy of mutual embarrassment, in which each feels that the other is feeling...

But that intimacy of mutual embarrassment, in which each feels that the other is feeling...

What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?

What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?

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...

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

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

Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.

Marriage must be a relation either of sympathy or of conquest.

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...

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust.

What loneliness is more lonely than distrust.

Best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness!

Best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness!

But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.

But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.

Breed is stronger than pasture.

Breed is stronger than pasture.

Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult.

Falsehood is easy, truth so difficult.

The beginning of an acquaintance whether with persons or things is to get a definite...

The beginning of an acquaintance whether with persons or things is to get a definite...

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.