Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.
E. M. FORSTERCreative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.
E. M. FORSTERGive, do not lend; after death who will thank you?
E. M. FORSTERThe kingdom of music is not the kingdom of this world.
E. M. FORSTERThere is an aristocracy of the sensitive. They represent the true human tradition of permanent victory over cruelty and chaos.
E. M. FORSTERThe four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.
E. M. FORSTERIt’s not what people do to you, but what they mean, that hurts.
E. M. FORSTERWhen you come back you will not be you. And I may not be I.
E. M. FORSTERBut Humanity, in its desire for comfort, had over-reached itself. It had exploited the riches of nature too far. Quietly and complacently, it was sinking into decadence, and progress had come to mean the progress of the Machine.
E. M. FORSTERBut the body is deeper than the soul and its secrets inscrutable.
E. M. FORSTERSometimes I think too much fuss is made about marriage. Century after century of carnal embracement and we’re still no nearer to understanding one another.
E. M. FORSTERMoney pads the edges of things.
E. M. FORSTERThe armour of falsehood is subtly wrought out of darkness, and hides a man not only from others, but from his own soul.
E. M. FORSTEROnly a writer who has the sense of evil can make goodness readable.
E. M. FORSTERDeath destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him.
E. M. FORSTERThe emotions may be endless. The more we express them, the more we may have to express.
E. M. FORSTERI am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.
E. M. FORSTER