It is a wonderful subduer, this need of love-this hunger of the heart-as peremptory as that other hunger by which Nature forces us to submit to the yoke, and change the face of the world.
George Eliot
Love’s Hunger, Heart’s Need, Nature’s Force, Love, Need, Force
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“It is a vain thought to flee from the work that God appoints us, for the sake of finding a greater blessing, instead of seeking it where alone it is to be found – in loving obedience.” George Eliot
Divine Work, Loving Obedience, Seeking Blessings, Work, Obedience, Blessings
George Eliot Divine Work, Loving Obedience, Seeking Blessings, Work, Obedience, Blessings“There are some cases in which the sense of injury breeds not the will to inflict injuries and climb over them as a ladder, but a hatred of all injury.” George Eliot
Injury’s Effect, Hatred Of Injury, Breeding Resentment, Injury, Hatred, Resentment
George Eliot Injury’s Effect, Hatred Of Injury, Breeding Resentment, Injury, Hatred, Resentment“It is a narrow mind which cannot look at a subject from various points of view.” George Eliot
Narrow Mind, Broader Perspective, Subjective View, Mind, Perspective, View
George Eliot Narrow Mind, Broader Perspective, Subjective View, Mind, Perspective, View“God, immortality, duty – how inconceivable the first, how unbelievable the second, how peremptory and absolute the third.” George Eliot
God’s Concepts, Immortality’s Unbelief, Duty’s Absoluteness, God, Immortality, Duty
George Eliot God’s Concepts, Immortality’s Unbelief, Duty’s Absoluteness, God, Immortality, Duty“There is a mercy which is weakness, and even treason against the common good.” George Eliot
Mercy, Weakness, Common Good, Mercy, Weakness, Treason
George Eliot Mercy, Weakness, Common Good, Mercy, Weakness, Treason“I will to make life less bitter for a few within my reach.” George Eliot
Life, Compassion, Altruism, Help, Change, Support
George Eliot Life, Compassion, Altruism, Help, Change, Support“One couldn’t carry on life comfortably without a little blindness to the fact that everything has been said better than we can put it ourselves.” George Eliot
Life Blindness, Comfort In Ignorance, Better Expressions, Life, Ignorance, Expressions
George Eliot Life Blindness, Comfort In Ignorance, Better Expressions, Life, Ignorance, Expressions“Pride only helps us to be generous; it never makes us so, any more than vanity makes us witty.” George Eliot
Pride, Generosity, Vanity’s Limit, Pride, Generosity, Vanity
George Eliot Pride, Generosity, Vanity’s Limit, Pride, Generosity, Vanity“For pain must enter into its glorified life of memory before it can turn into compassion.” George Eliot
Pain To Compassion, Memory’s Glorification, Compassion’s Transformation, Pain, Memory, Compassion
George Eliot Pain To Compassion, Memory’s Glorification, Compassion’s Transformation, Pain, Memory, Compassion“Errors look so very ugly in persons of small means -one feels they are taking quite a liberty in going astray; whereas people of fortune may naturally indulge in a few delinquencies.” George Eliot
Social Judgment, Class And Errors, Moral Expectations, Economic Differences, Social Perceptions, Human Flaws
George Eliot Social Judgment, Class And Errors, Moral Expectations, Economic Differences, Social Perceptions, Human Flaws“Adventure is not outside man; it is within.” George Eliot
Internal Adventure, Man’s Nature, Inner Quest, Adventure, Nature, Quest
George Eliot Internal Adventure, Man’s Nature, Inner Quest, Adventure, Nature, Quest“Among all the many kinds of first love, that which begins in childish companionship is the strongest and most enduring: when passion comes to unite its force to long affection, love is at its spring-tide.” George Eliot
First Love, Enduring Affection, Strongest Bond, Love, Affection, Bond
George Eliot First Love, Enduring Affection, Strongest Bond, Love, Affection, Bond“The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect freedom with which we each follow and declare our own impressions.” George Eliot
Perfect Freedom, Happiness Union, Intense Degree, Freedom, Happiness, Union
George Eliot Perfect Freedom, Happiness Union, Intense Degree, Freedom, Happiness, Union“As to his religious notions – why, as Voltaire said, incantations will destroy a flock of sheep if administered with a certain quantity of arsenic. I look for the man who will bring the arsenic, and don’t mind about his incantations.” George Eliot
Religious Notions, Voltaire Quote, Certain Arsenic, Incantations, Flock, Sheep
George Eliot Religious Notions, Voltaire Quote, Certain Arsenic, Incantations, Flock, Sheep“We cannot reform our forefathers.” George Eliot
Reform Forefathers, Generational Change, Ancestor Limits, Forefathers, Change, Limits
George Eliot Reform Forefathers, Generational Change, Ancestor Limits, Forefathers, Change, Limits“We have all got to exert ourselves a little to keep sane, and call things by the same names as other people call them by.” George Eliot
Sanity, Naming, Common Understanding, Sanity, Understanding, Naming
George Eliot Sanity, Naming, Common Understanding, Sanity, Understanding, Naming“Oh, sir, the loftiest hopes on earth Draw lots with meaner hopes: heroic breasts, Breathing bad air, run risk of pestilence; Or, lacking lime-juice when they cross the Line, May languish with the scurvy.” George Eliot
Loftiest Hopes, Breathing Air, Heroic Risk, Hopes, Air, Risk
George Eliot Loftiest Hopes, Breathing Air, Heroic Risk, Hopes, Air, Risk“Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more personal liking.” George Eliot
Delightful Friendships, Agreement And Dispute, Personal Liking, Friendships, Liking, Dispute
George Eliot Delightful Friendships, Agreement And Dispute, Personal Liking, Friendships, Liking, Dispute