Go forward with joyful confidence.
George EliotRead
For what we call illusions are often, in truth, a wider vision of past and present realities - a willing movement of a man's soul with the larger sweep of the world's forces - a movement towards a more assured end than the chances of a single life.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Illusions may represent a broader understanding of reality and connect us with the greater forces of the world.
George Eliot suggests that what we perceive as illusions may actually offer us a deeper insight into the interconnectedness of our lives with the larger fabric of reality. These illusions indicate a harmonious movement of our souls aligned with the world's forces, guiding us toward a more certain future than what the randomness of individual existence might dictate.
Themes
IllusionsRealityVisionSoulTruthForcesLife
In practice
Example use cases
In a motivational speech about pursuing one's dreams despite obstacles.
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She thought it was part of the hardship of her life that there was laid upon her the burthen of larger wants than others seemed to feel – that she had to endure this wide hopeless yearning for that something, whatever it was, that was greatest and best on this earth.
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I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music.
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Our dead are never dead to us until we have forgotten them: they can be injured by us, they can be wounded; they know all our penitence, all our aching sense that their place is empty, all the kisses we bestow on the smallest relic of their presence.
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