Inspirational thoughts

“The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.” – George Eliot

“What greater thing is there for two human souls, than to feel that they are joined for life–to strengthen each other in all labor, to rest on each other in all sorrow, to minister to each other in all pain, to be one with each other in silent unspeakable memories at the moment of the last parting?” – George Eliot

“Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.” – George Eliot

“Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of those who diffuse it: it proves nothing but the bad taste of the smoker.” – George Eliot

“All things that a man owns hold him far more than he holds them.” Sigrid Undset

“Dear sister – all other love is merely a reflection of the heavens in the puddles of a muddy road. You will become sullied too if you allow yourself to sink into it. But if you always remember that it’s a reflection of the light from that other home, then you will rejoice at its beauty and take good care that you do not destroy it by churning up the mire at the bottom.” Sigrid Undset

“The straight line belongs to men, the curved one to God” Antoni Gaudi

“If you believe what you like in the Gospel and reject what you don’t like, it’s not the Gospel you believe but yourself..” St Augustine of Hippo