George Eliot

Hatred is like fire -- it makes even light rubbish deadly.

Hatred is like fire -- it makes even light rubbish deadly.

I like not only to be loved, but also to be told I am loved.

I like not only to be loved, but also to be told I am loved.

But the mother's yearning, that completest type of the life in another life which is the essence of real human read more

But the mother's yearning, that completest type of the life in another life which is the essence of real human love, feels the presence of the cherished child even in the debased, degraded man.

The responsibility of tolerance lies in those who have the wider vision.

The responsibility of tolerance lies in those who have the wider vision.

But most of us are apt to settle within ourselves that the man who blocks our way is odious, and read more

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.