Three words have often been used as the trumpet-call of men - the words God, Immortality, Duty - pronounced with terrible earnestness.
How inconceivable was the first, how unbelievable was the second, and yet how peremptory and absolute the third.
What should I do—how should I act now, this very day . . . What she would resolve to do that day did not yet seem quite clear, but something that she could achieve stirred her as with an approaching murmur which would soon gather distinctness.
George EliotTag: wisdom intelligence enlightenment
Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
George EliotTag: integrity
It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are still alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger for them.
George EliotTag: living wish hunger wishing longing
No anguish I have had to bear on your account has been too heavy a price to pay for the new life into which I have entered in loving you.
George EliotThe responsibility of tolerance lies in those who have the wider vision.
George Eliotthree cuttle-fish sable, and a commentator rampant.
George EliotI care only to know, if possible, the lasting meaning that lies in all religious doctrine from the beginning till now.
George EliotTag: religion-meaning
It is surely better to pardon too much, than to condemn too much.
George EliotTag: forgiveness
We are all of us imaginative in some form or other, for images are the brood of desire.
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