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

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 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

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

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

Nonsense and beauty have close connections.

Nonsense and beauty have close connections.

- 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

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

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