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

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought...

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought...

No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.

No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.

There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of...

There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of...

An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.

An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.

A toddling little girl is a centre of common feeling which makes the most dissimilar...

A toddling little girl is a centre of common feeling which makes the most dissimilar...

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

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

All meanings, we know, depend on the key of interpretation.

All meanings, we know, depend on the key of interpretation.

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

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

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down.

Knowledge slowly builds up what Ignorance in an hour pulls down.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.

Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.

It is only a poor sort of happiness that could ever come by caring very...

It is only a poor sort of happiness that could ever come by caring very...

Animals are such agreeable friends they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms

Animals are such agreeable friends they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds

Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities

Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities

Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.

Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.

Among all forms of mistake, prophecy is the most gratuitous

Among all forms of mistake, prophecy is the most gratuitous

The knowledge of the causal power of thought is the basis of all their (Hebrew)...

The knowledge of the causal power of thought is the basis of all their (Hebrew)...

And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge,...

And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge,...