Nothing that comes from the deep, passional soul is bad, or can be bad.

Quote by David Herbert Lawrence

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Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar.

Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar.

One could laugh at the world better if it didn't mix tender kindliness with its...

One could laugh at the world better if it didn't mix tender kindliness with its...

Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved.

Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved.

Men are freest when they are most unconscious of freedom. The shout is a rattling...

Men are freest when they are most unconscious of freedom. The shout is a rattling...

I like to write when I feel spiteful. It is like having a good sneeze.

I like to write when I feel spiteful. It is like having a good sneeze.

Don't be on the side of the angels, it's too lowering.

Don't be on the side of the angels, it's too lowering.

It's bad taste to be wise all the time, like being at a perpetual funeral.

It's bad taste to be wise all the time, like being at a perpetual funeral.

You don't want to love - your eternal and abnormal craving is to be loved....

You don't want to love - your eternal and abnormal craving is to be loved....

Sentimentalism is the working off on yourself of feelings you haven't really got.

Sentimentalism is the working off on yourself of feelings you haven't really got.

It is quite true, as some poets said, that the God who created man must...

It is quite true, as some poets said, that the God who created man must...

How beautiful maleness is, if it finds its right expression.

How beautiful maleness is, if it finds its right expression.

The Moon! Artemis! the great goddess of the splendid past of men! Are you going...

The Moon! Artemis! the great goddess of the splendid past of men! Are you going...

I believe that a man is converted when first he hears the low, vast murmur...

I believe that a man is converted when first he hears the low, vast murmur...

Having achieved and accomplished love... man... has become himself, his tale is told.

Having achieved and accomplished love... man... has become himself, his tale is told.

All vital truth contains the memory of all that for which it is not true.

All vital truth contains the memory of all that for which it is not true.

Be a good animal, true to your animal instincts.

Be a good animal, true to your animal instincts.

I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen...

I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen...

The essential function of art is moral. But a passionate, implicit morality, not didactic. A...

The essential function of art is moral. But a passionate, implicit morality, not didactic. A...

God doesn't know things. He is things.

God doesn't know things. He is things.

The great mass of humanity should never learn to read or write.

The great mass of humanity should never learn to read or write.