We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.

Quote by E M Forster

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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.

At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a...

At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a...

What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it...

What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it...

Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to...

Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to...

Oxford is Oxford: not a mere receptacle for youth, like Cambridge. Perhaps it wants its...

Oxford is Oxford: not a mere receptacle for youth, like Cambridge. Perhaps it wants its...

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

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

I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a...

I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a...

Love is always being given where it is not required.

Love is always being given where it is not required.

Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.

Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.

It is the vice of a vulgar mind to be thrilled by bigness.

It is the vice of a vulgar mind to be thrilled by bigness.

The sadness of the incomplete, the sadness that is often Life, but should never be...

The sadness of the incomplete, the sadness that is often Life, but should never be...

So, Two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits...

So, Two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits...

Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think, creation's.

Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think, creation's.

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...

England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.

England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.

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...

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...

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...

The question shouldn't be is there life after death but is there life before death...

The question shouldn't be is there life after death but is there life before death...

The artist is the only one who knows that the world is a subjective creation,...

The artist is the only one who knows that the world is a subjective creation,...