Passion Quotes by George Eliot

The best fire doesna flare up the soonest.

— George Eliot

All passion becomes strength when it has an outlet.

— George Eliot

There is a sort of jealousy which needs very little fire; it is hardly a passion, but a blight bred in the…

— George Eliot

A man never lies with more delicious languor under the influence of a passion than when he has persuaded himself that he…

— George Eliot

“A vigorous young mind not overbalanced by passion, finds a good in making acquaintance with life, and watches its own powers with…

— George Eliot

The wrong that rouses our angry passions finds only a medium in us; it passes through us like a vibration, and we…

— George Eliot

The vainest woman is never thoroughly conscious of her beauty till she is loved by the man who sets her own passion…

— George Eliot

There are moments when our passions speak and decide for us ... like a fire kindled within our being to which everything…

— George Eliot

There is no human being who having both passions and thoughts does not think in consequences of his passions--does not find images…

— George Eliot

“Passion is of the nature of seed, and finds nourishment within, tending to a predominance which determines all currents towards itself, and…

— George Eliot

When a homemaking aunt scolds a niece for following her evangelistic passion instead of domestic pursuits, her reply is interesting. First, she…

— George Eliot

Our passions do not live apart in locked chambers but dress in their small wardrobe of notions, bring their provisions to a…

— George Eliot

“True, he had dreamy visions of possibilities: there is no human being who having both passions and thoughts does not think in…

— George Eliot

Among all the many kinds of first love, that which begins in childish companionship is the strongest and most enduring: when passion…

— George Eliot

Fancy what a game of chess would be if all the chessmen had passions and intellects, more or less small and cunning;…

— George Eliot

“[She was] a creature full of eager, passionate longings for all that was beautiful and glad; thirsty for all knowledge; with an…

— George Eliot

For my part I am very sorry for him. It is an uneasy lot at best, to be what we call highly…

— George Eliot

It is worth repeating that powerful imagination is not false outward vision, but intense inward representation, and a creative energy constantly fed…

— George Eliot

“It is an uneasy lot at best, to be what we call highly taught and yet not to enjoy: to be present…

— George Eliot