255 Quotes by George Sand

[Failure is hard initially because] One knows what one has lost, but not what one may find [and learn from that failure]!

Love without reverence and enthusiasm is only friendship.

Talent, will and genius are natural phenomena like the lake, the volcano, the mountain, the wind, the star, the cloud.

Anything we destroy in ourselves we destroy in others. Our falls lower others and throw them down; we owe it to our fellows to keep upright, in order that they too may keep their feet.

Some say that cats are devils, but they behave badly only when they are alone. When they are among us cats are angels.

Butterflies are but flowers that blew away one sunny day when Nature was feeling at her most inventive and fertile.

Celebrate within yourself that wonderful treasure . . . true kindness.

It is a mistake to regard age as a downhill grade toward dissolution. The reverse is true. As one grows older, one climbs with surprising strides.

Life isn't always easy but so long as we have hope that we will find someone to help us through the darkness things will always get better. When we find that person, life suddenly explodes and darkness turns into a riot of colour. We're always looking for someone, what we need to remember is that someone is out there looking for us too.