The fact is we can only love what we know personally. And we cannot know much. In public affairs, in the rebuilding of civilization, something less dramatic and emotional is needed, namely tolerance.

Quote by E M Forster

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If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope...

If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope...

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...

Unless we remember we cannot understand.

Unless we remember we cannot understand.

There lies at the back of every creed something terrible and hard for which the...

There lies at the back of every creed something terrible and hard for which the...

I am certainly an ought and not a must.

I am certainly an ought and not a must.

Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another.

Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another.

Love is always being given where it is not required.

Love is always being given where it is not required.

Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism.

Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism.

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

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

Nonsense and beauty have close connections.

Nonsense and beauty have close connections.

Only people who have been allowed to practise freedom can have the grown-up look in...

Only people who have been allowed to practise freedom can have the grown-up look in...

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...

One always tends to overpraise a long book, because one has got through it.

One always tends to overpraise a long book, because one has got through it.

The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society...

The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society...

Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass...

Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass...

England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.

England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.

Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice.

Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice.

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.

Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!

Logic! Good gracious! What rubbish!

The English countryside, its growth and its destruction, is a genuine and tragic theme.

The English countryside, its growth and its destruction, is a genuine and tragic theme.