You must love your work and not always be looking over the edge of it wanting your play to begin.
George EliotI like breakfast-time better than any other moment in the day. No dust has settled on one's mind then, and it presents a clear mirror to the rays of things.
George Eliot"Heaven help us," said the old religion; the new one, from its very lack of that faith, will teach us all the more to help one another.
George EliotAs soon as we lay ourselves entirely at His feet, we have enough light given us to guide our own steps; as the foot-soldier who hears nothing of the councils that determine the course of the great battle he is in, hears plainly enough the word of command that they must themselves obey.
George Eliot