George Eliot

The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.

In the multitude of middle-aged men who go about their vocations in a daily course determined for them much in the same way as the tie of their cravats, there is always a good number who once meant to shape their own deeds and alter the world a little.

Breed is stronger than pasture.

Consequences are unpitying.

If we had a keen vision of all that is ordinary in human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow or the squirrel’s heart beat, and we should die of that roar which is the other side of silence.

Miss Brooke had that kind of beauty which seems to be thrown into relief by poor dress.

The reward of one’s duty is the power to fulfill another.

The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.

The man who forgives is far stronger than the man who fights.

Some of your grief you have cured, and lived to survive; but what torments of pain have you endured that haven’t as yet arrived.

It is better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness.

The beginning of wisdom is a definition of terms.

The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears.

They teach the morals of a whore, and the manners of a dancing master.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

There is a wisdom of the head, and there is a wisdom of the heart.

You cannot kill time without injuring eternity.

Only in the darkness can you see the stars.

But most of us are apt to settle within ourselves that the man who blocks our way is odious, and not to mind causing him a little of the disgust which his personality excites in ourselves.

Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.

Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.