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No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it

No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it can feel trust and reverence. – George Eliot

Other quotes by George Eliot

There are some cases in which the sense of injury breeds — not the will to inflict injuries and climb over them as a ladder, but — a hatred of all injury. – George Eliot

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Hurt, Injury
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George Eliot
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The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when theyre gone. – George Eliot

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Angels
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George Eliot
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Reverence
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The world is imprisoned in its own activity, except where actions are performed as worship of God. – Hindu Spiritual

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Reverence

I know reverence sound far out, but think back to the best boss youve ever worked for or the best team youve ever worked on or the best subordinates youve ever worked with. Tell me; was there reverence in that situation? – Jack Hawley

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Reverence

Just as white light consists of colored rays, so reverence for life contains all the components of ethics: love, kindliness, sympathy, empathy, peacefulness and power to forgive. – Albert Schweitzer

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Reverence

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely that good consists in maintaining, assisting, and enhancing life, and that to destroy, to harm, or to hinder life is evil. – Albert Schweitzer

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Reverence

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Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Love is an emotion that is based on an opinion of women that is impossible for those who have had any experience with them. – H. L. Mencken

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In the last analysis, of course, an oath will encourage fidelity in office only to the degree that officeholders continue to believe that they cannot escape ultimate accountability for a breach of faith. – James L. Buckley

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Faith