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

Quote by E M Forster

Topics: E M Forster Quotes

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...

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...

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.

Reverence is fatal to literature.

Reverence is fatal to literature.

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...

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.

Love and understand the Italians, for the people are more marvellous than the land.

Love and understand the Italians, for the people are more marvellous than the land.

Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice.

Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice.

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...

Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him.

Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him.

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 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...

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...

What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if...

What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if...

A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem...

A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem...

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 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...

We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand.

We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand.

Unless we remember we cannot understand.

Unless we remember we cannot understand.

Be soft, even if you stand to get squashed.

Be soft, even if you stand to get squashed.