Science is better than sympathy, if only it is science.
E. M. FORSTERWe 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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What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if they do not enter into our daily lives?
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How can I know what I think till I see what I say?
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Give, do not lend; after death who will thank you?
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There’s never any great risk as long as you have money.
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Nonsense and beauty have close connections.
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There are moments when the inner life actually ‘pays,’ when years of self-scrutiny, conducted for no ulterior motive, are suddenly of practical use.
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Aziz winked at him slowly and said: “…There are many ways of being a man; mine is to express what is deepest in my heart.
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Don’t be mysterious; there isn’t the time.
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Let yourself go. Pull out from the depths those thoughts that you do not understand, and spread them out in the sunlight and know the meaning of them.
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One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life.
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I cannot help thinking that there is something to admire in everyone, even if you do not approve of them.
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Life never gives us what we want at the moment that we consider appropriate.
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But it struck him that people are not really dead until they are felt to be dead. As long as there is some misunderstanding about them, they possess a sort of immortality.
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You told me once that we shall be judged by our intentions, not by our accomplishments. I thought it a grand remark. But we must intend to accomplish – not sit intending on a chair.
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If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.
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