Excellence encourages one about life generally it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.
Weitere Zitate von George Eliot
Zum Autor"What secular avocation on earth was there for a young man (whose friends could not get him an ‘appointment’) which was at once gentlemanly, lucrative, and to be followed without special knowledge?"
"College mostly makes people like bladders—just good for nothing but t’ hold the stuff as is poured into ‘em."
"On the contrary, having the amiable vanity which knits us to those who are fond of us, and disinclines us to those who are indifferent, and also a good grateful nature, the mere idea that a woman had a kindness towards him spun little threads of tenderness from out his heart towards hers."
"Truth has rough flavours if we bite it through."
"Our deeds still travel with us from afar and what we have been makes us what we are."
"When a homemaking aunt scolds a niece for following her evangelistic passion instead of domestic pursuits, her reply is interesting. First, she clarifies that God's individual call on her doesn't condemn those in more conventional roles. Then, she says she can no more ignore the cry of the lost than her aunt can the cry of her child."