The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision.
GEORGE ELIOTThe responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision.
GEORGE ELIOTIt is hard to believe long together that anything is “worth while,” unless there is some eye to kindle in common with our own, some brief word uttered now and then to imply that what is infinitely precious to us is precious alike to another mind.
GEORGE ELIOTJoy and sorrow are both my perpetual companions, but the joy is called Past and the sorrow Present.
GEORGE ELIOTA patronizing disposition always has its meaner side.
GEORGE ELIOTI carry my unwritten poems in cipher on my face!
GEORGE ELIOTHuman feeling is like the mighty rivers that bless the earth: it does not wait for beauty – it flows with resistless force and brings beauty with it.
GEORGE ELIOTA good horse makes short miles.
GEORGE ELIOTIf the past is not to bind us, where can duty lie? We should have no law but the inclination of the moment.
GEORGE ELIOTDelicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it.
GEORGE ELIOTThere is a great deal of unmapped country within us.
GEORGE ELIOTBut what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.
GEORGE ELIOTIt is pleasant to have a kind word now and then when one is not near enough to have a kind glance or a hearty shake by the hand.
GEORGE ELIOTWhat do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?
GEORGE ELIOTOne has to spend many years in learning how to be happy.
GEORGE ELIOTWear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.
GEORGE ELIOTConsequences are unpitying.
GEORGE ELIOT