George Eliot Quotes

It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision.

I like not only to be loved, but also to be told I am loved.

Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.

Excessive literary production is a social offense.

Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress.

The world is full of hopeful analogies and handsome, dubious eggs, called possibilities.

In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee. Prayer and pains, through faith in Christ Jesus, will do anything.

There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.

No man can be wise on an empty stomach.

No story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we who read it are no longer the same interpreters.

Ignorant kindness may have the effect of cruelty; but to be angry with it as if it were direct cruelty would be an ignorant unkindness.

The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best.

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.