One has to spend many years in learning how to be happy.
GEORGE ELIOTDo we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration?
More George Eliot Quotes
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The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to do things, and yet you are not decrepit enough to turn them down.
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Hold up your head! You were not made for failure, you were made for victory. Go forward with a joyful confidence.
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There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms.
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“Heaven help us,” said the old religion; the new one, from its very lack of that faith, will teach us all the more to help one another.
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After all, the true seeing is within.
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What destroys us most effectively is not a malign fate but our own capacity for self-deception and for degrading our own best self.
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Love has a way of cheating itself consciously, like a child who plays at solitary hide-and-seek; it is pleased with assurances that it all the while disbelieves.
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Examining 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.
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The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.
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It is always good to know, if only in passing, charming human beings. It refreshes one like flowers and woods and clear brooks.
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The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.
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Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words.
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People who live at a distance are naturally less faulty than those immediately under our own eyes.
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We want people to feel with us more than to act for us.
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It is never too late to become the person you always thought you could be.
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