"... when we are misunderstood it is..." - Quote by George Sand

“Know how to replace in your heart, by the happiness of those you love, the happiness that may be wanting to yourself”

“Let us accept truth, even when it surprises us and alters our views.”

“nature has not changed. The night is still unsullied, the stars still twinkle, and the wild thyme smells as sweetly now as it did then ... We may be afflicted and unhappy, but no one can take from us the sweet delight which is nature's gift to those who love her and her poetry.”

“Great communicators leave their audiences with great clarity.”

“He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument.”

“I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give me an opportunity once in a year to speak the truth.”

“By taking responsibility for how you choose to respond to anything or anyone, you're aligning yourself with the beautiful dance of life.”

“You perceive now, my friends, what your general or abstract duty is as teachers. Although you have to generate in your pupils a large stock of ideas, any one of which may be inhibitory, yet you must also see to it that no habitual hesitancy or paralysis of the will ensues, and that the pupil still retains his power of vigorous action.”

“Remember, it's not conditions but decisions that determine our lives.”