It belongs to every large nature, when it is not under the immediate power of some strong unquestioning emotion, to suspect itself, and doubt the truth of its own impressions, conscious of possibilities beyond its own horizon.

Quote by George Eliot

Topics: Self Examination Quotes

There is a sort of jealousy which needs very little fire; it is hardly a...

There is a sort of jealousy which needs very little fire; it is hardly a...

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

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

Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them.

Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them.

The reward of one duty done is the power to fulfill another

The reward of one duty done is the power to fulfill another

Mortals are easily tempted to pinch the life out of their neighbour's buzzing glory, and...

Mortals are easily tempted to pinch the life out of their neighbour's buzzing glory, and...

The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by...

The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by...

Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough...

Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough...

Ignorant kindness may have the effect of cruelty; but to be angry with it as...

Ignorant kindness may have the effect of cruelty; but to be angry with it as...

No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in,...

No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in,...

What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are...

What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are...

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

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

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple pity that will not forsake...

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple pity that will not forsake...

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

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

A blush is no language; only a dubious flag - signal which may mean either...

A blush is no language; only a dubious flag - signal which may mean either...

Science is properly more scrupulous than dogma. Dogma gives a charter to mistake, but the...

Science is properly more scrupulous than dogma. Dogma gives a charter to mistake, but the...

Truth has rough flavours if we bite it through.

Truth has rough flavours if we bite it through.

That's what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one...

That's what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one...

Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities

Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities

Space is as infinite as we can imagine, and expanding this perspective is what adjusts...

Space is as infinite as we can imagine, and expanding this perspective is what adjusts...

An ignorance of means may minister To greatness, but an ignorance of aims Make it...

An ignorance of means may minister To greatness, but an ignorance of aims Make it...