I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little further down our particular path than we have gone ourselves.

Quote by E M Forster

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The more highly public life is organized the lower does its morality sink.

The more highly public life is organized the lower does its morality sink.

The fact is we can only love what we know personally. And we cannot know...

The fact is we can only love what we know personally. And we cannot know...

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

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

For our vanity is such that we hold our own characters immutable, and we are...

For our vanity is such that we hold our own characters immutable, and we are...

Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to...

Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to...

I never could get on with representative individuals but people who existed on their own...

I never could get on with representative individuals but people who existed on their own...

I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be...

I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be...

Curiosity is one of the lowest of the human faculties. You will have noticed in...

Curiosity is one of the lowest of the human faculties. You will have noticed in...

If there is on earth a house with many mansions, it is the house of...

If there is on earth a house with many mansions, it is the house of...

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

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

Be soft, even if you stand to get squashed.

Be soft, even if you stand to get squashed.

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...

The work of art assumes the existence of the perfect spectator, and is indifferent to...

The work of art assumes the existence of the perfect spectator, and is indifferent to...

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

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

One of the evils of money is that it tempts us to look at it...

One of the evils of money is that it tempts us to look at it...

We are not concerned with the very poor. They are unthinkable, and only to be...

We are not concerned with the very poor. They are unthinkable, and only to be...

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is the most sublime noise that has ever penetrated into the ear...

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is the most sublime noise that has ever penetrated into the ear...

The sort of poetry I seek resides in objects man can't touch.

The sort of poetry I seek resides in objects man can't touch.

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!