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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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.

There is something majestic in the bad taste of Italy.

There is something majestic in the bad taste of Italy.

Ideas are fatal to caste.

Ideas are fatal to caste.

Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism.

Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism.

If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope...

If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope...

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...

America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for....

America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for....

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

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

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...

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 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...

We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand.

We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand.

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...

We are all like Scheherazade's husband, in that we want to know what happens next.

We are all like Scheherazade's husband, in that we want to know what happens next.

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

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

England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.

England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.

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 four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and...

The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and...

The woman who can't influence her husband to vote the way she wants ought to...

The woman who can't influence her husband to vote the way she wants ought to...

History develops, art stands still.

History develops, art stands still.