There is a great deal of unmapped country within us.
GEORGE ELIOTWhat are a handful of reasonable men against a crowd with stones in their hands?
More George Eliot Quotes
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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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Veracity is a plant of paradise, and the seeds have never flourished beyond the walls.
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Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful course.
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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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Death is the king of this world: ‘Tis his park where he breeds life to feed him. Cries of pain are music for his banquet.
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The thing we look forward to often comes to pass, but never precisely in the way we have imagined to ourselves.
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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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Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us what we are.
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What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.
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What are a handful of reasonable men against a crowd with stones in their hands?
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That by desiring what is perfectly good, even when we don’t quite know what it is and cannot do what we would, we are part of the divine power against evil — widening the skirts of light and making the struggle with darkness narrower.
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One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!
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What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.
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When 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.
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Justice is like the kingdom of God–it is not without us as a fact, it is within us as a great yearning.
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