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

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

Only a writer who has the sense of evil can make goodness readable.

Only a writer who has the sense of evil can make goodness readable.

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

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

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...

There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none...

There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none...

I am so used to seeing the sort of play which deals with one man...

I am so used to seeing the sort of play which deals with one man...

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...

The historian must have some conception of how men who are not historians behave. Otherwise...

The historian must have some conception of how men who are not historians behave. Otherwise...

One is certain of nothing but the truth of one's own emotions.

One is certain of nothing but the truth of one's own emotions.

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...

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.

Unless we remember we cannot understand.

Unless we remember we cannot understand.

Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another.

Liking one person is an extra reason for liking another.

Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.

Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.

Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety.

Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety.

Only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love.

Only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love.

Charm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration.

Charm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration.

We are not concerned with the very poor. They are unthinkable, and only to be...

We are not concerned with the very poor. They are unthinkable, and only to be...

Love is always being given where it is not required.

Love is always being given where it is not required.

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.