The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.
George Eliot Quotes
Childhood has no forebodings; but then, it is soothed by no memories of outlived sorrow.
Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty.
No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.
What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?
A blush is no language; only a dubious flag – signal which may mean either of two contradictories.
It is good to be helpful and kindly, but don’t give yourself to be melted into candle grease for the benefit of the tallow trade.
What is your religion? I mean – not what you know about religion but the belief that helps you most?
Our consciousness rarely registers the beginning of a growth within us any more than without us: there have been many circulations of the sap before we detect the smallest sign of the bud.
I should like to know what is the proper function of women, if it is not to make reasons for husbands to stay at home, and still stronger reasons for bachelors to go out.
