The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.
GEORGE ELIOTJoy and sorrow are both my perpetual companions, but the joy is called Past and the sorrow Present.
More George Eliot Quotes
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One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!
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What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?
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After all, the true seeing is within.
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It is painful to be told that anything is very fine and not be able to feel that it is fine–something like being blind, while people talk of the sky.
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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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The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.
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It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.
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What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.
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Those who trust us educate us.
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Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down.
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It 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.
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Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it.
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There is a great deal of unmapped country within us.
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People are so ridiculous with their illusions, carrying their fool’s caps unawares, thinking their own lies opaque while everybody else’s are transparent, making themselves exceptions to everything, as if when all the world looked yellow under a lamp they alone are rosy.
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What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined – to strengthen each other – to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories.
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