Dawn has power to fertilise the most matter-of-fact vision.
JOHN GALSWORTHYHumanism is the creed of those who believe that in the circle of enwrapping mystery, men’s fates are in their own hands.
More John Galsworthy Quotes
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Life calls the tune, we dance.
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We have known an emotion which is in every case the same in kind, if not in degree; an emotion precious and uplifting.
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The talked-about is always the last to hear the talk . . .
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The sense of form that both had in such high degree prevented much demonstration; but to be with him, do things for him, to admire, and credit him with perfection; and, since she could not exactly wear the same clothes or speak in the same clipped, quiet, decisive voice.
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As a man lives and thinks, so he will write.
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A faith that for modern man is becoming the only possible faith.
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Early morning does not mince words.
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There are houses whose souls have passed into the limbo of Time, leaving their bodies in the limbo of London.
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Wealth is a means to an end, not the end itself. As a synonym for health and happiness, it has had a fair trial and failed dismally.
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Only love makes fruitful the soul.
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Religion was nearly dead because there was no longer real belief in future life; but something was struggling to take its place – service – social service – the ants creed, the bees creed.
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The value of a sentiment is the amount of sacrifice you are prepared to make for it.
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Love could never come to full fruition till it was destroyed.
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When Man evolved Pity, he did a queer thing – deprived himself of the power of living life as it is without wishing it to become something different.
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It’s not life that counts but the fortitude you bring into it.
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