The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.
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Quotes by George Eliot
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No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it can feel trust and reverence.
Affection is the broadest basis of a good life.
It is easy finding reasons why other folks should be patient.
I could not live in peace if I put the shadow of a willful sin between myself and God.
More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us.
Lord! Thou art with Thy people still; they see Thee in the night-watches, and their hearts burn within them as Thou talkest with them by the way. And Thou art near to those that have not known Thee; open their eyes that they may see Thee—see Thee weeping over them, and saying, "Ye will not come unto me that ye might have life"—see Thee hanging on the cross and saying, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do"—see Thee as Thou wilt come again in Thy glory to judge them at the last. Amen.
That is the bitterest of all,—to wear the yoke of our own wrong-doing.
The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone.
The devil tempts us not; 'tis we tempt him, Beckoning his skill with opportunity.
When death, the great Reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent of, but our severity.
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them.
Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.
Adventure is not outside man; it is within.
It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.
Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.
Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.
Little children are still the symbol of the eternal marriage between love and duty.
Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.
If we had a keen vision of all that is ordinary in human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow or the squirrel's heart beat, and we should die of that roar which is the other side of silence.
The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision.
The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.
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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