Ours is an excessively conscious age. We know so much, we feel so little.

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.

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

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

My great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than...

My great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than...

The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.

The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.

Design in art, is a recognition of the relation between various things, various elements in...

Design in art, is a recognition of the relation between various things, various elements in...

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...

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...

My God, these folks don't know how to love - that's why they love so...

My God, these folks don't know how to love - that's why they love so...

The day of the absolute is over, and we're in for the strange gods once...

The day of the absolute is over, and we're in for the strange gods once...

Only in a novel are all things given full play.

Only in a novel are all things given full play.

All that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed wastepaper baskets, unless we are...

All that we know is nothing, we are merely crammed wastepaper baskets, unless we are...

Never trust the artist. Trust the tale. The proper function of the critic is to...

Never trust the artist. Trust the tale. The proper function of the critic is to...

Myth is an attempt to narrate a whole human experience, of which the purpose is...

Myth is an attempt to narrate a whole human experience, of which the purpose is...

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.

The only history is a mere question of one's struggle inside oneself. But that is...

The only history is a mere question of one's struggle inside oneself. But that is...

Men and women should stay apart, till their hearts grow gentle towards one another again.

Men and women should stay apart, till their hearts grow gentle towards one another again.

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...

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...

Loud peace propaganda makes war seem imminent.

Loud peace propaganda makes war seem imminent.

Do not allow to slip away from you freedoms the people who came before you...

Do not allow to slip away from you freedoms the people who came before you...