Humanism is the creed of those who believe that in the circle of enwrapping mystery, men’s fates are in their own hands.
JOHN GALSWORTHYReligion 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.
More John Galsworthy Quotes
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The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy.
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I am still under the impression that there is nothing alive quite so beautiful as a thoroughbred horse.
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For who would live so petty and unblest That dare not tilt at something ere he die; Rather than, screened by safe majority, Preserve his little life to little end, And never raise a rebel cry!
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Society is built on marriage … marriage and its consequences.
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Slang is vigorous and apt. Probably most of our vital words were once slang.
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It’s not life that counts but the fortitude you bring into it.
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Only love makes fruitful the soul.
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If you do not think about the future, you cannot have one.
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See what perils do environ those who meddle with hot iron.
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Only love makes fruitful the soul.
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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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the biggest tragedy of life is the utter impossibility to change what you have done
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The law is what it is-a majestic edifice, sheltering all of us, each stone of which rests on another.
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And they who curb prejudice and seek honorably to know and speak the truth are the only builders of a better life.
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Those are the moments that I think are precious to a dog-when, with his adoring soul coming through his eyes, he feels that you are really thinking of him.
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