By prayer I do not mean a chosen arrangement of words cast … - George Sand

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By prayer I do not mean a chosen arrangement of words cast toward heaven, but a silent conversation with an ideal of luminous perfection."

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Amandine-Aurore-Lucile Dupin, baronne Dudevant (1 July 1804 – 8 June 1876), most famous under her pseudonym George Sand, was a French novelist and a pioneer of feminism.

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Alternative Names: Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin • Amandine Lucile Aurore Dupin • Baroness Dudevant • Jules Sand • Lucie Dudevant • Aurore Amantine Lucile Dupin • Aurore Amantine Lucile Sand • Amandine-Aaurore-Lucile Dupin • George nee Dupin Sand • Mrs. George Sand • Georges Sand • Amandine-Aurore-Lucile Dudevant • Amandine-Aaurore-Lucile Dudevant • Lucile Aurore Dupin • A.A.L. Dudevant-Dupin

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Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.

Translation: The whole secret of the study of nature lies in learning how to use one's eyes.

All of us who have time and money to spare, travel — that is to say, we flee; since surely it is not so much a question of travelling as of getting away? Which of us has not some sorrow to dull, or some yoke to cast off?

By prayer I do not mean a chosen arrangement of words cast toward heaven, but a silent conversation with an ideal of luminous perfection." - George Sand

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