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.
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.
More George Eliot Quotes
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The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.
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Love has a way of cheating itself consciously, like a child who plays at solitary hide-and-seek; it is pleased with assurances that it all the while disbelieves.
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What destroys us most effectively is not a malign fate but our own capacity for self-deception and for degrading our own best self.
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We want people to feel with us more than to act for us.
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Genius … is necessarily intolerant of fetters.
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Animals are such agreeable friends – they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.
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I carry my unwritten poems in cipher on my face!
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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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I like not only to be loved, but to be told that I am loved; the realm of silence is large enough beyond the grave.
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Jews are not fit for Heaven, but on earth they are most useful.
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These gems have life in them: their colors speak, say what words fail of.
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It is a common sentence that knowledge is power; but who hath duly considered or set forth the power of ignorance? Knowledge slowly builds up what ignorance in an hour pulls down.
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It is surely better to pardon too much, than to condemn too much.
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There is a great deal of unmapped country within us.
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One has to spend many years in learning how to be happy.
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