Quote: The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice. [George Eliot Mary]
Quote: I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music. [George Eliot Mary]
Quote: 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. [George Eliot Mary]
Quote: Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline. [George Eliot Mary]
Quote: It is never to late to be what you might have been. [George Eliot Mary]
Quote: Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another. [George Eliot Mary]
Quote: Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away. [George Eliot Mary]
Quote: What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined for life - to strengthen each other in all labor, to rest on each other in all sorrow, to minister to each other in all pain, to be one with each other in silent, unspe. [George Eliot Mary]
Quote: Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more personal liking. [George Eliot Mary]
Quote: It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them. [George Eliot Mary]
Quote: The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision. [George Eliot Mary]
Quote: Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. [George Eliot Mary]
Quote: Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life. [George Eliot Mary]
Quote: I desire no future that will break the ties of the past. [George Eliot Mary]
Quote: Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love. [George Eliot Mary]