Author: E. M. Forster

Quotes

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

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

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 wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote.

What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote.

- E. M. Forster

Charm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration.

Charm, in most men and nearly all women, is a decoration.

- 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

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

I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man's pleasure when they come a cropper.

I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man's pleasure when they come a cropper.

- E. M. Forster

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