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.
GEORGE ELIOTLife seems to go on without effort when I am filled with music.
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But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.
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It is as useless to fight against the interpretations of ignorance as to whip the fog.
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I love not to be choked with other men’s thoughts.
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Love has a way of cheating itself consciously, like a child who plays at solitary hide-and-seek; it is pleased with assurances that it all the while disbelieves.
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What a wretched lot of old shrivelled creatures we shall be by-and-by. Never mind – the uglier we get in the eyes of others, the lovelier we shall be to each other; that has always been my firm faith about friendship.
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What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.
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Justice is like the kingdom of God–it is not without us as a fact, it is within us as a great yearning.
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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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What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?
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The thing we look forward to often comes to pass, but never precisely in the way we have imagined to ourselves.
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I like breakfast-time better than any other moment in the day. No dust has settled on one’s mind then, and it presents a clear mirror to the rays of things.
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If the past is not to bind us, where can duty lie? We should have no law but the inclination of the moment.
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The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.
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Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful course.
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We must find our duties in what comes to us, not in what might have been.
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