There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not yet known what it is to have suffered and be healed, to have despaired and have recovered…

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.

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...

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...

Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough...

Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough...

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

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

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

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

The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to...

The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to...

You may try but you can never imagine what it is to have a man's...

You may try but you can never imagine what it is to have a man's...

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...

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

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

Our consciousness rarely registers the beginning of a growth within us any more than without...

Our consciousness rarely registers the beginning of a growth within us any more than without...

I desire no future that will break the ties with the past.

I desire no future that will break the ties with the past.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

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?

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...

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

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

Among all forms of mistake, prophecy is the most gratuitous

Among all forms of mistake, prophecy is the most gratuitous

The knowledge of the causal power of thought is the basis of all their (Hebrew)...

The knowledge of the causal power of thought is the basis of all their (Hebrew)...

And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge,...

And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge,...