No one is India.

Quote by E M Forster

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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...

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

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

At the side of the everlasting why, is a yes, and a yes, and a...

At the side of the everlasting why, is a yes, and a yes, and a...

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...

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...

Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another.

Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another.

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.

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

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

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...

America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for....

America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for....

Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch.

Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch.

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.

History develops, art stands still.

History develops, art stands still.

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

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

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...

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...

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.

It is the vice of a vulgar mind to be thrilled by bigness.

It is the vice of a vulgar mind to be thrilled by bigness.

Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice.

Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice.

Be soft, even if you stand to get squashed.

Be soft, even if you stand to get squashed.