The true artist doesn't substitute immorality for morality. On the contrary, he always substitutes a finer morality for a grosser. And as soon as you see a finer morality, the grosser becomes relatively immoral.

Quote by DH Lawrence

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I know the greatness of Christianity; it is a past greatness.... I live in 1924,...

I know the greatness of Christianity; it is a past greatness.... I live in 1924,...

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

The tragedy is when you've got sex in the head instead of down where it...

The tragedy is when you've got sex in the head instead of down where it...

When soul has no value, business has no soul.

When soul has no value, business has no soul.

Creation destroys as it goes, throws down one tree for the rise of another. But...

Creation destroys as it goes, throws down one tree for the rise of another. But...

People always make war when they say they love peace

People always make war when they say they love peace

We don't exist unless we are deeply and sensually in touch with that which can...

We don't exist unless we are deeply and sensually in touch with that which can...

I hold that the parentheses are by far the most important parts of a non-business...

I hold that the parentheses are by far the most important parts of a non-business...

It was cold, and he was coughing. A fine cold draught blew over the knoll....

It was cold, and he was coughing. A fine cold draught blew over the knoll....

You'll never succeed in idealizing hard work. Before you can dig mother earth you've got...

You'll never succeed in idealizing hard work. Before you can dig mother earth you've got...

God is only a great imaginative experience.

God is only a great imaginative experience.

I am in love - and, my God, it's the greatest thing that can happen...

I am in love - and, my God, it's the greatest thing that can happen...

We need not feel ashamed of flirting with the zodiac. The zodiac is well worth...

We need not feel ashamed of flirting with the zodiac. The zodiac is well worth...

Men! The only animal in the world to fear.

Men! The only animal in the world to fear.

The more scholastically educated a man is generally, the more he is an emotional boor.

The more scholastically educated a man is generally, the more he is an emotional boor.

Literary criticism can be no more than a reasoned account of the feeling produced upon...

Literary criticism can be no more than a reasoned account of the feeling produced upon...

A man has no religion who has not slowly and painfully gathered one together, adding...

A man has no religion who has not slowly and painfully gathered one together, adding...

The maid that loves goes out to sea upon a shattered plank, and puts her...

The maid that loves goes out to sea upon a shattered plank, and puts her...

If the Prodigal Son's a parable, and if Adam and Eve are metaphors, then maybe...

If the Prodigal Son's a parable, and if Adam and Eve are metaphors, then maybe...

No philosophy, no religion, has ever brought so glad a message to the world as...

No philosophy, no religion, has ever brought so glad a message to the world as...

That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.

That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.

The idea that men are created free and equal is both true and misleading: men...

The idea that men are created free and equal is both true and misleading: men...

If I wanted a loving father, a faithful husband, an honorable neighbor, and a just...

If I wanted a loving father, a faithful husband, an honorable neighbor, and a just...