1,496 Quotes by George Eliot

Religion can only change when the emotions which fill it are changed; and the religion of personal fear remains nearly at the level of the savage.

There's things to put up wi' in ivery place, an' you may change an' change an' not better yourself when all's said an' done.

We reap what we sow, but nature has love over and above that justice, and gives us shadow and blossom and fruit, that spring from no planting of ours.

Subtle impressions for which words are quite too coarse a medium.

Deeds are the pulse of Time, his beating life, And righteous or unrighteous, being done, Must throb in after-throbs till Time itself Be laid in stillness, and the universe Quiver and breathe upon no mirror more.

The tale of the Divine Pity was never yet believed from lips that were not felt to be moved by human pity.

To think of the part one little woman can play in the life of a man, so that to renounce her may be a very good imitation of heroism, and to win her may be a discipline.

It is well known to all experienced minds that our firmest convictions are often dependent on subtle impressions for which words are quite too coarse a medium.

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.