My temple stands not upon Mount Moriah but in the Elysian Field where even the immoral are admitted. My motto is ‘Lord, I disbelieve – help thou my unbelief.
E. M. FORSTERIt makes a difference doesn’t it, whether we fully fence ourselves in, or whether we are fenced out by the barriers of others?
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The emotions may be endless. The more we express them, the more we may have to express.
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We cast a shadow on something wherever we stand, and it is no good moving from place to place to save things; because the shadow always follows. Choose a place where you won’t do harm – yes, choose a place where you won’t do very much harm, and stand in it for all you are worth, facing the sunshine.
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Books have to be read it is the only way of discovering what they contain.
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Science is better than sympathy, if only it is science.
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Though life is very glorious, it is difficult.
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One has two duties – to be worried and not to be worried.
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How can I know what I think till I see what I say?
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I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.
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It is so difficult – at least, I find it difficult – to understand people who speak the truth.
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There is an aristocracy of the sensitive. They represent the true human tradition of permanent victory over cruelty and chaos.
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One person with passion is better than forty people merely interested.
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Life is a public performance on the violin, in which you must learn the instrument as you go along.
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I believe in teaching people to be individuals, and to understand other individuals.
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If we act the truth the people who really love us are sure to come back to us in the long run
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To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men can only make us feel small in the wrong way.
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