I have no mystic faith in the people. I have in the individual.

Quote by E M Forster

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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...

How can I know what I think till I see what I say?

How can I know what I think till I see what I say?

Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice.

Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice.

Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!

Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!

No one is India.

No one is India.

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...

One is certain of nothing but the truth of one's own emotions.

One is certain of nothing but the truth of one's own emotions.

I have been racking my brains and can find no reply [to] this very reasonable...

I have been racking my brains and can find no reply [to] this very reasonable...

Charm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration.

Charm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration.

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

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

Oxford is Oxford: not a mere receptacle for youth, like Cambridge. Perhaps it wants its...

Oxford is Oxford: not a mere receptacle for youth, like Cambridge. Perhaps it wants its...

Only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love.

Only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love.

The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and...

The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and...

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...

There lies at the back of every creed something terrible and hard for which the...

There lies at the back of every creed something terrible and hard for which the...

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...

Letters have to pass two tests before they can be classed as good: they must...

Letters have to pass two tests before they can be classed as good: they must...

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.

The English countryside, its growth and its destruction, is a genuine and tragic theme.

The English countryside, its growth and its destruction, is a genuine and tragic theme.

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.