What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if they do not enter into our daily lives?

Quote by E M Forster

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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...

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...

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...

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...

The fact is we can only love what we know personally. And we cannot know...

The fact is we can only love what we know personally. And we cannot know...

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...

But nothing in India is identifiable, the mere asking of a question causes it to...

But nothing in India is identifiable, the mere asking of a question causes it to...

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.

If there is on earth a house with many mansions, it is the house of...

If there is on earth a house with many mansions, it is the house of...

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...

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...

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.

I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be...

I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be...

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...

The more highly public life is organized the lower does its morality sink.

The more highly public life is organized the lower does its morality sink.

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...

Reverence is fatal to literature.

Reverence is fatal to literature.

Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life.

Either life entails courage, or it ceases to be life.

Love and understand the Italians, for the people are more marvellous than the land.

Love and understand the Italians, for the people are more marvellous than the land.

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...