Reason is a supple nymph, and slippery as a fish by nature. She had as leave give her kiss to an absurdity any day, as to syllogistic truth. The absurdity may turn out truer.

Quote by David Herbert Lawrence

Topics: David Herbert Lawrence Quotes

Consciousness is an end in itself. We torture ourselves getting somewhere, and when we get...

Consciousness is an end in itself. We torture ourselves getting somewhere, and when we get...

The human being is a most curious creature. He thinks he has got one soul,...

The human being is a most curious creature. He thinks he has got one soul,...

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.

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...

It is a fine thing to establish one's own religion in one's heart, not to...

It is a fine thing to establish one's own religion in one's heart, not to...

The soul is a very perfect judge of her own motions, if your mind doesn't...

The soul is a very perfect judge of her own motions, if your mind doesn't...

Oh literature, oh the glorious Art, how it preys upon the marrow in our bones....

Oh literature, oh the glorious Art, how it preys upon the marrow in our bones....

Psychoanalysis is out, under a therapeutic disguise, to do away entirely with the moral faculty...

Psychoanalysis is out, under a therapeutic disguise, to do away entirely with the moral faculty...

Sex and beauty are inseparable, like life and consciousness. And the intelligence which goes with...

Sex and beauty are inseparable, like life and consciousness. And the intelligence which goes with...

Loud peace propaganda makes war seem imminent.

Loud peace propaganda makes war seem imminent.

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 American grips himself, at the very sources of his consciousness, in a grip of...

The American grips himself, at the very sources of his consciousness, in a grip of...

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.

Oh the innocent girl in her maiden teens knows perfectly well what everything means.

Oh the innocent girl in her maiden teens knows perfectly well what everything means.

Only in a novel are all things given full play.

Only in a novel are all things given full play.

Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken.

Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken.

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...

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...

Men always do leave off really thinking, when the last bit of wild animal dies...

Men always do leave off really thinking, when the last bit of wild animal dies...

People always make war when they say they love peace.

People always make war when they say they love peace.