She was no longer wrestling with the grief, but could sit down with it as a lasting companion and make it a sharer in her thoughts.
GEORGE ELIOTIt is always good to know, if only in passing, charming human beings. It refreshes one like flowers and woods and clear brooks.
More George Eliot Quotes
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One has to spend many years in learning how to be happy.
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What a wretched lot of old shrivelled creatures we shall be by-and-by. Never mind – the uglier we get in the eyes of others, the lovelier we shall be to each other; that has always been my firm faith about friendship.
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After all, the true seeing is within.
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there are two ways of speaking an audience will always like: one is, to tell them what they don’t understand; and the other is, to tell them what they’re used to.
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It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.
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The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.
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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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When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity.
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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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Adventure is not outside man; it is within.
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The right to rebellion is the right to seek a higher rule, and not to wander in mere lawlessness.
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It 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.
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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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One can say everything best over a meal.
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A friend is one to whom one may pour out the contents of one’s heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that gentle hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness, blow the rest away.
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