The sons of Judah have to choose that God may again choose them. The divine principle of our race is action, choice, resolved memory.

Quote by George Eliot

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Hear Everything and judge for yourself

Hear Everything and judge for yourself

There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be...

There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be...

Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage...

Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage...

Our instructed vagrancy, which has hardly time to linger by the hedgerows, but runs away...

Our instructed vagrancy, which has hardly time to linger by the hedgerows, but runs away...

Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life.

Acting is nothing more or less than playing. The idea is to humanize life.

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

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

Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation,...

Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation,...

And when a woman's will is as strong as the man's who wants to govern...

And when a woman's will is as strong as the man's who wants to govern...

The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.

The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.

Consequences are unpitying.

Consequences are unpitying.

It's no trifle at her time of life to part with a doctor who knows...

It's no trifle at her time of life to part with a doctor who knows...

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

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

It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are...

It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are...

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving

No story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we...

No story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we...

But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.

But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.

All the learnin' my father paid for was a bit o' birch at one end...

All the learnin' my father paid for was a bit o' birch at one end...

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

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

Excessive literary production is a social offense.

Excessive literary production is a social offense.

We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord...

We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord...