Author: E. M. Forster

Quotes

We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.

We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.

- E. M. Forster

If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.

If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.

- E. M. Forster

Tolerance is a very dull virtue. It is boring. Unlike love, it has always had a bad press. It is negative. It merely means putting up with people, being able to stand things.

Tolerance is a very dull virtue. It is boring. Unlike love, it has always had a bad press. It is negative. It merely means putting up with people, being able to stand things.

- E. M. Forster

The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.

The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.

- E. M. Forster

The sadness of the incomplete, the sadness that is often Life, but should never be Art.

The sadness of the incomplete, the sadness that is often Life, but should never be Art.

- E. M. Forster

There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none of us safe. We are children, playing or quarrelling on the line.

There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none of us safe. We are children, playing or quarrelling on the line.

- E. M. Forster

What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if they do not enter into our daily lives?

What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if they do not enter into our daily lives?

- E. M. Forster

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life.

- E. M. Forster

I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.

I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.

- E. M. Forster

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