The more you lose the right to be jealous, the more so you become! George Sand More Quotes by George Sand More Quotes From George Sand There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved. George Sand inspirationallovelife One is happy as a result of one's own efforts, once one knows of the necessary ingredients of happiness-simple tastes, a certain degree of courage, self-denial to a point, love of work, and, above all, a clear conscience. Happiness is no vague dream, of that I now feel certain. George Sand simpledreamhappiness You may impose silence upon me, but you can not prevent me from thinking. George Sand freedomsilencethinking Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness. George Sand regretkindnessgiving The intellect seeks, the heart finds. George Sand intellectheart There is only one sex. A man and a woman are so entirely the same thing that one can scarcely understand the subtle reasons for sex distinctions with which our minds are filled. George Sand mindmensex Try to keep your soul young and quivering right up to old age, and to imagine right up to the brink of death that life is only beginning. I think that is the only way to keep adding to one's talent, and one's inner happiness. George Sand soulagethinking Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius. George Sand simplicityinspiringinspirational Let us accept truth, even when it surprises us and alters our views. George Sand surpriseangelviews To forgive a fault in another is more sublime than to be faultless one's self. George Sand forgivenesssublimeself We cannot tear out a single page of our life, but we can throw the whole book in the fire. George Sand suicidewittybook A child motivated by competitive ideals will grow into a man without conscience, shame, or true dignity. George Sand competitionmenchildren Love without reverence and enthusiasm is only friendship. George Sand reverenceenthusiasmlove The artist vocation is to send light into the human heart. George Sand vocationlightart Art for art's sake is an empty phrase. Art for the sake of truth, art for the sake of the good and the beautiful, that is the faith I am searching for. George Sand phrasesbeautifulart All your trouble comes from lack of exercise. A man of your strength and constitution ought always to have kept physically active. So don't jibe at the very wise advice that sentences you to one hour's walk a day. You imagine the work of the mind takes place only in the brain; but you're much mistaken. It takes place in the legs as well. George Sand wiseexercisemen Once my heart was captured, reason was shown the door, deliberately and with a sort of frantic joy. I accepted everything, I believed everything, without struggle, without suffering, without regret, without false shame. How can one blush for what one adores? George Sand regretstruggleheart If people were not wicked I should not mind their being stupid; but, to our misfortune, they are both. George Sand stupidmindpeople 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. George Sand wisdommistakefunny Butterflies are but flowers that blew away one sunny day when Nature was feeling at her most inventive and fertile. George Sand butterflyflowerfeelings
