It is the mind which creates the world around us, and even though we s…

George Gissing
21 citations
It is the mind which creates the world around us, and even though we stand side by side in the same meadow, my eyes will never see what is beheld by yours, my heart will never stir to the emotions with which yours is touched. ✨ George Gissing (2016). The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft, p.98, The Floating Press
Love Thought
8

More Author Quotes

It is familiarity with life that makes time speed quickly. When every day is a step in the unknown, as for children, the days are long with gathering of experience . . . ✨ George Gissing (2016). The … ▶
Money is made at Christmas out of holly and mistletoe, but who save the vendors would greatly care if no green branch were procurable? ✨ George Gissing (2016). The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft, p … ▶
And why should any man who writes, even if he writes things immortal, nurse anger at the world's neglect? Who asked him to publish? Who promised him a hearing? Who has broken faith with him? Your poe … ▶
The truths of life are not discovered by us. At moments unforeseen, some gracious influence descends upon the soul, touching it to an emotion which, we know not how, the mind transmutes into thought. … ▶
Money is made at Christmas out of holly and mistletoe, but who save the vendors would greatly care if no green branch were procurable? One symbol, indeed, has obscured all others-the minted round of … ▶

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes