Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot.

Quote by DH Lawrence

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One sheds one's sicknesses in books--repeats and presents again one's emotions, to be master of...

One sheds one's sicknesses in books--repeats and presents again one's emotions, to be master of...

It's bad taste to be wise all the time, like being at a perpetual funeral

It's bad taste to be wise all the time, like being at a perpetual funeral

The chief thing about a woman -- who is much of a woman -- is...

The chief thing about a woman -- who is much of a woman -- is...

The only justice is to follow the sincere intuition of the soul, angry or gentle....

The only justice is to follow the sincere intuition of the soul, angry or gentle....

A man has no religion who has not slowly and painfully gathered one together, adding...

A man has no religion who has not slowly and painfully gathered one together, adding...

Marriage is a long event of perpetual change in which a man and a woman...

Marriage is a long event of perpetual change in which a man and a woman...

One must learn to love, and go through a good deal of suffering to get...

One must learn to love, and go through a good deal of suffering to get...

Evil, what is evil? There is only one evil, to deny life.

Evil, what is evil? There is only one evil, to deny life.

The profoundest of all sensualities is the sense of truth and the next deepest sensual...

The profoundest of all sensualities is the sense of truth and the next deepest sensual...

I am in love - and, my God, it's the greatest thing that can happen...

I am in love - and, my God, it's the greatest thing that can happen...

I would have loved it - without the French

I would have loved it - without the French

The human soul needs actual beauty more than bread.

The human soul needs actual beauty more than bread.

I used to think a good book was the best company, but now Ive thought...

I used to think a good book was the best company, but now Ive thought...

I want to live my life so that my nights are not full of regrets.

I want to live my life so that my nights are not full of regrets.

An artist is only an ordinary man with a greater potentiality--same stuff, same make up,...

An artist is only an ordinary man with a greater potentiality--same stuff, same make up,...

One sheds one's sicknesses in books--repeats and presents again one's emotions, to be master of...

One sheds one's sicknesses in books--repeats and presents again one's emotions, to be master of...

But better die than live mechanically a life that is a repetition of repetitions.

But better die than live mechanically a life that is a repetition of repetitions.

I know the greatness of Christianity; it is a past greatness.... I live in 1924,...

I know the greatness of Christianity; it is a past greatness.... I live in 1924,...

Christian soldiers armed with virtue- hearts afire with blind obsession, cannot see the difference 'twixt...

Christian soldiers armed with virtue- hearts afire with blind obsession, cannot see the difference 'twixt...

The practical effect of Christianity is happiness, therefore let it be spread abroad everywhere!

The practical effect of Christianity is happiness, therefore let it be spread abroad everywhere!

The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it,...

The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it,...