Justice is like the kingdom of God–it is not without us as a fact, it is within us as a great yearning.
GEORGE ELIOTWe have had an unspeakably delightful journey, one of those journeys which seem to divide one’s life in two, by the new ideas they suggest and the new views of interest they open.
More George Eliot Quotes
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The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.
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Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.
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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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And, of course men know best about everything, except what women know better.
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Conscience is harder than our enemies, Knows more, accuses with more nicety.
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What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.
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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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If the past is not to bind us, where can duty lie? We should have no law but the inclination of the moment.
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There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not yet known what it is to have suffered and be healed, to have despaired and have recovered hope.
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No man can be wise on an empty stomach.
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Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.
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Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.
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What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.
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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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Adventure is not outside man; it is within.
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