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.
GEORGE ELIOTWhat do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?
More George Eliot Quotes
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Human 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.
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The best travel is that which one can take by one’s own fireside. In memory or imagination.
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I don’t want the world to give me anything for my books except money enough to save me from the temptation to write only for money.
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There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.
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The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.
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I flutter all ways, and fly in none.
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Life is too precious to be spent in this weaving and unweaving of false impressions, and it is better to live quietly under some degree of misrepresentation than to attempt to remove it by the uncertain process of letter-writing.
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A good horse makes short miles.
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Decide on what you think is right, and stick to it.
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“Abroad,” that large home of ruined reputations.
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I think I dislike what I don’t like more than I like what I like.
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Adventure is not outside man; it is within.
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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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We are contented with our day when we have been able to bear our grief in silence, and act as if we were not suffering.
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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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