The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves.

Quote by E M Forster

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For our vanity is such that we hold our own characters immutable, and we are...

For our vanity is such that we hold our own characters immutable, and we are...

Tolerance is a very dull virtue. It is boring. Unlike love, it has always had...

Tolerance is a very dull virtue. It is boring. Unlike love, it has always had...

No one is India.

No one is India.

Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety.

Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety.

We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand.

We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand.

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.

Be soft, even if you stand to get squashed.

Be soft, even if you stand to get squashed.

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...

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...

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 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...

Beauty ought to look a little surprised: it is the emotion that best suits her...

Beauty ought to look a little surprised: it is the emotion that best suits her...

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.

One marvels why the middle classes still insist on so much discomfort for their children...

One marvels why the middle classes still insist on so much discomfort for their children...

To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men...

To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men...

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...

People have their own deaths as well as their own lives, and even if there...

People have their own deaths as well as their own lives, and even if there...

Curiosity is one of the lowest of the human faculties. You will have noticed in...

Curiosity is one of the lowest of the human faculties. You will have noticed in...

My alma mater was books, a good library - I could spend the rest of...

My alma mater was books, a good library - I could spend the rest of...

Wonder, connected with a principle of rational curiosity, is the source of all knowledge and...

Wonder, connected with a principle of rational curiosity, is the source of all knowledge and...