Be soft, even if you stand to get squashed.

Quote by E M Forster

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Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another.

Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another.

There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none...

There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none...

Only a writer who has the sense of evil can make goodness readable.

Only a writer who has the sense of evil can make goodness readable.

Unless we remember we cannot understand.

Unless we remember we cannot understand.

We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as...

We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as...

Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life.

Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life.

Ideas are fatal to caste

Ideas are fatal to caste

If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope...

If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope...

Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him.

Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him.

Tolerance is a very dull virtue. It is boring. Unlike love, it has always had...

Tolerance is a very dull virtue. It is boring. Unlike love, it has always had...

Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!

Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!

America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for....

America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for....

Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.

Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.

No man can be an agnostic who has a sense of humour.

No man can be an agnostic who has a sense of humour.

The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which...

The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which...

The sadness of the incomplete, the sadness that is often Life, but should never be...

The sadness of the incomplete, the sadness that is often Life, but should never be...

The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society...

The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society...

Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think, creation's.

Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think, creation's.

Love and understand the Italians, for the people are more marvellous than the land.

Love and understand the Italians, for the people are more marvellous than the land.

But nothing in India is identifiable, the mere asking of a question causes it to...

But nothing in India is identifiable, the mere asking of a question causes it to...