Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar.

Quote by David Herbert Lawrence

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People always make war when they say they love peace.

People always make war when they say they love peace.

When one jumps over the edge, one is bound to land somewhere.

When one jumps over the edge, one is bound to land somewhere.

Nothing that comes from the deep, passional soul is bad, or can be bad.

Nothing that comes from the deep, passional soul is bad, or can be bad.

The American grips himself, at the very sources of his consciousness, in a grip of...

The American grips himself, at the very sources of his consciousness, in a grip of...

Ours is an excessively conscious age. We know so much, we feel so little.

Ours is an excessively conscious age. We know so much, we feel so little.

The great mass of humanity should never learn to read or write.

The great mass of humanity should never learn to read or write.

Be a good animal, true to your animal instincts.

Be a good animal, true to your animal instincts.

How beautiful maleness is, if it finds its right expression.

How beautiful maleness is, if it finds its right expression.

I like to write when I feel spiteful. It is like having a good sneeze.

I like to write when I feel spiteful. It is like having a good sneeze.

Oh literature, oh the glorious Art, how it preys upon the marrow in our bones....

Oh literature, oh the glorious Art, how it preys upon the marrow in our bones....

Since obscenity is the truth of our passion today, it is the only stuff of...

Since obscenity is the truth of our passion today, it is the only stuff of...

The great living experience for every man is his adventure into the woman. The man...

The great living experience for every man is his adventure into the woman. The man...

The essential function of art is moral. But a passionate, implicit morality, not didactic. A...

The essential function of art is moral. But a passionate, implicit morality, not didactic. A...

The only history is a mere question of one's struggle inside oneself. But that is...

The only history is a mere question of one's struggle inside oneself. But that is...

It is a fine thing to establish one's own religion in one's heart, not to...

It is a fine thing to establish one's own religion in one's heart, not to...

The day of the absolute is over, and we're in for the strange gods once...

The day of the absolute is over, and we're in for the strange gods once...

It is so much more difficult to live with one's body than with one's soul....

It is so much more difficult to live with one's body than with one's soul....

The one woman who never gives herself is your free woman, who is always giving...

The one woman who never gives herself is your free woman, who is always giving...

All that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed wastepaper baskets, unless we are...

All that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed wastepaper baskets, unless we are...

I can't do with mountains at close quarters - they are always in the way,...

I can't do with mountains at close quarters - they are always in the way,...