“ It is warm, I am alive, I am calm and sad, I hardly know why. In this existence so even, so tranquil, and so gentle as I have here, I am in an element that weakens me morally while strengthening me ph… George Sand
“ The beauty that addresses itself to the eyes is only the spell of the moment the eye of the body is not always that of the soul. George Sand
“ I love everything that makes up a milieu, the rolling of the carriages and the noise of the workmen in Paris, the cries of a thousand birds in the country, the movement of the ships on the waters. I l… George Sand
“ When mental [illness] increases until it reaches the danger point, do not exhaust yourself by efforts to trace back to original causes. Better accept them as inevitable and save your strength to fight… George Sand
“ 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
“ Faith is an excitement and an enthusiasm a state of intellectual magnificence which we must not squander on our way through life. George Sand
“ Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved. George Sand
“ Nature alone can speak to our intelligence an imperishable language, never changing, because it remains within the bounds of eternal truth and of what is absolutely noble and beautiful. George Sand
“ The old woman I shall become will be quite different from the woman I am now. Another I is beginning. George Sand
“ 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
