Where the Mind is biggest, the Heart, the Senses, Magnanimity, Charity, Tolerance, Kindliness, and the rest of them scarcely have room to breathe.

Quote by Virginia Woolf

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It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to...

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to...

Every secret of a writer's soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his...

Every secret of a writer's soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his...

Someone has to die in order that the rest of us should value life more.

Someone has to die in order that the rest of us should value life more.

Indeed, I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing...

Indeed, I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing...

On the outskirts of every agony sits some observant fellow who points.

On the outskirts of every agony sits some observant fellow who points.

Mental fight means thinking against the current, not with it. It is our business to...

Mental fight means thinking against the current, not with it. It is our business to...

A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to...

A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to...

It is curious how instinctively one protects the image of oneself from idolatry or any...

It is curious how instinctively one protects the image of oneself from idolatry or any...

One of the signs of passing youth is the birth of a sense of fellowship...

One of the signs of passing youth is the birth of a sense of fellowship...

I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion...

I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion...

Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to...

Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to...

Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue

Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue

Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions...

Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions...

It is the nature of the artist to mind excessively what is said about him....

It is the nature of the artist to mind excessively what is said about him....

I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them,...

I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them,...

It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality.

It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality.

It seems as if an age of genius must be succeeded by an age of...

It seems as if an age of genius must be succeeded by an age of...

Money dignifies what is frivolous if unpaid for.

Money dignifies what is frivolous if unpaid for.

To commiserate is sometimes more than to give, for money is external to a man's...

To commiserate is sometimes more than to give, for money is external to a man's...

Quality in a product or service is not what the supplier puts in. It is...

Quality in a product or service is not what the supplier puts in. It is...