I cannot be a materialist -- but Oh, how is it possible that a God who speaks to all hearts can let Belgravia go laughing to a vicious luxury, and White chapel cursing to a filthy debauchery -- such suffering,…

Quote by DH Lawrence

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It was cold, and he was coughing. A fine cold draught blew over the knoll....

It was cold, and he was coughing. A fine cold draught blew over the knoll....

Men are free when they are in a living homeland, not when they are straying...

Men are free when they are in a living homeland, not when they are straying...

When soul has no value, business has no soul.

When soul has no value, business has no soul.

We have lost the art of living, and in the most important science of all,...

We have lost the art of living, and in the most important science of all,...

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...

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...

Temperance: Eat and carouse with Bacchus, or munch dry bread with Jesus, but don't sit...

Temperance: Eat and carouse with Bacchus, or munch dry bread with Jesus, but don't sit...

The true artist doesn't substitute immorality for morality. On the contrary, he always substitutes a...

The true artist doesn't substitute immorality for morality. On the contrary, he always substitutes a...

The more scholastically educated a man is generally, the more he is an emotional boor.

The more scholastically educated a man is generally, the more he is an emotional boor.

The horse, the horse! The symbol of surging potency and power of movement, of action.

The horse, the horse! The symbol of surging potency and power of movement, of action.

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...

Naught is possessed, neither gold, nor land nor love, nor life, nor peace, nor even...

Naught is possessed, neither gold, nor land nor love, nor life, nor peace, nor even...

Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically.

Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically.

Art-speech is the only truth. An artist is usually a damned liar, but his art,...

Art-speech is the only truth. An artist is usually a damned liar, but his art,...

And down his mouth comes to my mouth! and down His bright dark eyes come...

And down his mouth comes to my mouth! and down His bright dark eyes come...

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

People always make war when they say they love peace

People always make war when they say they love peace

You can not divorce religious belief and public service. I've never detected any conflict between...

You can not divorce religious belief and public service. I've never detected any conflict between...

The statesman cannot govern without stability of belief, true or false

The statesman cannot govern without stability of belief, true or false

The fact that there is a general belief in a future life is no evidence...

The fact that there is a general belief in a future life is no evidence...