George Sand

"Ambition without honesty is like a ship without a rudder."

"Love is the most beautiful of all medicines."

"A woman's life is a poem of contradictions."

"Courage is not the absence of fear; it is action in the presence of it."

"The melody of music is truth itself."

"Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see."

"There is nothing so tiresome as the pursuit of pleasure."

"Every age needs revolutionaries to remind us of what is eternal."

"The divine is in the everyday, not just in temples."

"To leave is to die a little; to return from travel is to be born again."

"Art is not meant to decorate walls. It is war against brutality and darkness."

"The heart has its reasons that reason knows nothing of."

"A nation is great when it is united, and weak when it is divided."

"What is given cannot make you happy. What you achieve can."

"Health is the first luxury."

"Ideas are like seeds. They require careful tending to flourish."

"Solitude is the school of genius."

"I have a kind of longing for the beautiful country which is not mine."

"The truest form of luxury is freedom."

"Music speaks what cannot be expressed, soothes the mind, and heals the spirit."

"Live your own life. Stop living someone else's dream."

"Death is not the opposite of life; it is the opposite of birth."

"Patience is the greatest teacher."

"The biggest revolution is in the human heart, not in government."

"One cannot demand love; one can only inspire it."

"The earth speaks to those who listen."

"Success is not about reaching the destination; it is about the journey."

"A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you."

"The past cannot be changed, but it informs the future."

"Motherhood is a profession that requires as much intelligence as any other."