Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends?
GEORGE ELIOTQuarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends?
GEORGE ELIOTAny coward can fight a battle when he’s sure of winning; but give me the man who has the pluck to fight when he’s sure of losing.
GEORGE ELIOTHer little butterfly soul fluttered incessantly between memory and dubious expectation.
GEORGE ELIOTOne can say everything best over a meal.
GEORGE ELIOTIt is as useless to fight against the interpretations of ignorance as to whip the fog.
GEORGE ELIOTJustice is like the kingdom of God–it is not without us as a fact, it is within us as a great yearning.
GEORGE ELIOTConscience is harder than our enemies, Knows more, accuses with more nicety.
GEORGE ELIOTWhen God makes His presence felt through us, we are like the burning bush: Moses never took any heed what sort of bush it was—he only saw the brightness of the Lord.
GEORGE ELIOTBut what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.
GEORGE ELIOTWe are led on, like little children, by a way we know not.
GEORGE ELIOTI like not only to be loved, but to be told that I am loved; the realm of silence is large enough beyond the grave.
GEORGE ELIOTIt seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them.
GEORGE ELIOTOur deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
GEORGE ELIOTAn ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.
GEORGE ELIOTWear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.
GEORGE ELIOTExamining the world in order to find consolation is very much like looking carefully over the pages of a great book in order to find our own name . … Whether we find what we want or not, our preoccupation has hindered us from a true knowledge of the contents.
GEORGE ELIOT