Ideas are fatal to caste

Quote by E M Forster

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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...

I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are...

I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are...

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.

Surely the only sound foundation for a civilization is a sound state of mind.

Surely the only sound foundation for a civilization is a sound state of mind.

To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men...

To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men...

I am so used to seeing the sort of play which deals with one man...

I am so used to seeing the sort of play which deals with one man...

It is my fate and perhaps my temperament to sign agreements with fools.

It is my fate and perhaps my temperament to sign agreements with fools.

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.

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

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

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 distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a...

I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a...

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...

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

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

What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it...

What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it...

Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.

Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.

I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are...

I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are...

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...

We are all like Scheherazade's husband, in that we want to know what happens next.

We are all like Scheherazade's husband, in that we want to know what happens next.

But nothing in India is identifiable, the mere asking of a question causes it to...

But nothing in India is identifiable, the mere asking of a question causes it to...

One always tends to overpraise a long book, because one has got through it.

One always tends to overpraise a long book, because one has got through it.