It is painful to be told that anything is very fine and not be able to feel that it is fine–something like being blind, while people talk of the sky.
GEORGE ELIOTWe have had an unspeakably delightful journey, one of those journeys which seem to divide one’s life in two, by the new ideas they suggest and the new views of interest they open.
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The darkest night that ever fell upon the earth never hid the light, never put out the stars. It only made the stars more keenly, kindly glancing, as if in protest against the darkness.
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Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them.
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When God makes His presence felt through us, we are like the burning bush: Moses never took any heed what sort of bush it was—he only saw the brightness of the Lord.
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Death is the king of this world: ‘Tis his park where he breeds life to feed him. Cries of pain are music for his banquet.
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Adventure is not outside man; it is within.
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The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.
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Impatient people, according to Bacon, are like the bees, and kill themselves in stinging others.
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No man can be wise on an empty stomach.
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The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision.
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We are led on, like little children, by a way we know not.
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We could never have loved the earth so well if we had had no childhood in it.
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Animals are such agreeable friends – they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.
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That by desiring what is perfectly good, even when we don’t quite know what it is and cannot do what we would, we are part of the divine power against evil — widening the skirts of light and making the struggle with darkness narrower.
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Any coward can fight a battle when he’s sure of winning; but give me the man who has the pluck to fight when he’s sure of losing.
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Souls live on in perpetual echoes.
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