George Sand

"There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved."

"I am convinced that a light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine morning, have sometimes made a hero of the same man who, by indigestion, a restless night, and a rainy morning, would have proved a coward."

"The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure much."

"One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often."

"Guard within yourself that thing, the absence of which is worse than any affliction."

"The greatest richness is a poverty of desires."

"I love my country too much to be a nationalist."

"Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius."

"Every writer must be allowed to write about the subjects that torment him."

"The secret of a great success, of which no one knows, is a hard work and fatigue."

"We cannot tear out a single page of our life, but we can throw the whole book in the fire."

"Humanity, take a deep breath. We are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different."

"Nature is not something to conquer or tame, but something to understand and live within."

"The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you."

"There is no beautiful surface without a terrible depth."

"Everything that is difficult can be overcome. Everything that is impossible grows easier every day."

"The most difficult thing is not to act rightly in a great matter, but to act rightly in small matters."

"I have always loved the truth, but not always known it."

"The day may be dark and dreary, but the evening is yours."

"No one has the right to oppress another on the pretext of education or personal growth."

"Music is the moonlight in the gloomy night of life."

"Ideas are not mine, they belong to the world."

"The will is a beast of burden. If God mounts him, he bounds forward; if the devil mounts him, he will run equally hard."

"I have not the slightest pretension to write novels, but I have written novels nonetheless."

"What we do in moments of crisis determines who we are."

"The rich would take the bread from the poor's mouth and throw it to the dogs."

"Let us be happy and the people will follow us into happiness."

"Art for art's sake is a phrase that says nothing, unless we understand it to mean that art is life itself."

"The strong man is the one who is able to intercede for the weak."

"Memory is a great artist. For every man and every woman it makes the faces of the past more beautiful than they were."