At Oxford he learned that the importance of human beings has been vastly over rated by specialists.
E.M. Forster
Human Value, Intellectual Reflection, Academic Critique, Human Complexity, Student Experience, Societal Insight
E.M. Forster’s Quotes On Topics
Artistic Description | Narrative Continuity | Parental Sacrifice | Taught | Political Reflection | Endless Pursuit | Cosmos | Equal Departure | Desert | Sunshine | Never | Revolution | Man | Cowardice | Miss Honeychurch | Obsession | Sensitivity | Piety | Growing | Unreal | More
More E.M. Forster Quotes
“The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.” E.M. Forster
Humanism Characteristics, Free Thinking, Curiosity, Good Taste, Belief In Humanity, Philosophical Reflection
E.M. Forster Humanism Characteristics, Free Thinking, Curiosity, Good Taste, Belief In Humanity, Philosophical Reflection“Do we find happiness so often that we should turn it off the box when it happens to sit there?” E.M. Forster
Happiness, Insecurity, Spontaneity, Joy, Contentment, Unexpected Moments
E.M. Forster Happiness, Insecurity, Spontaneity, Joy, Contentment, Unexpected Moments“While her lips talked culture, her heart was planning to invite him to tea.” E.M. Forster
Perception, Human Nature, Complexity, Social Reflection, Inner Landscape, Emotional Depth
E.M. Forster Perception, Human Nature, Complexity, Social Reflection, Inner Landscape, Emotional Depth“I am certainly an ought and not a must.” E.M. Forster
Ought, Must, Certainty, Personal Philosophy, Self-Perception
E.M. Forster Ought, Must, Certainty, Personal Philosophy, Self-Perception“Lucy was suffering from the most grievous wrong which this world has yet discovered: diplomatic advantage had been taken of her sincerity, of her craving for sympathy and love. Such a wrong is not easily forgotten. Never again did she expose herself without due consideration and precaution against rebuff. And such a wrong may react disastrously upon the soul.” E.M. Forster
Sincerity, Sympathy, Wrong, Love, Emotional Wounds, Personal Guarding
E.M. Forster Sincerity, Sympathy, Wrong, Love, Emotional Wounds, Personal Guarding“I do not believe in Belief.” E.M. Forster
Skepticism, Doubt, Truth, Belief, Authenticity, Questioning
E.M. Forster Skepticism, Doubt, Truth, Belief, Authenticity, Questioning“And if insight were sufficient, if the inner life were the whole of life, their happiness has been assured.” E.M. Forster
Insight, Inner Life, Happiness, Human Fulfillment, Personal Reflection, Emotional Contentment
E.M. Forster Insight, Inner Life, Happiness, Human Fulfillment, Personal Reflection, Emotional Contentment“How wide the gulf between Henry as he was and Henry as Helen thought he ought to be! And she herself – hovering as usual between the two, now accepting men as they are, now yearning with her sister for Truth. Love and Truth – their warfare seems eternal. Perhaps the whole visible world rests on it, and if they were one, life itself, like the spirits when Prospero was reconciled to his brother, might vanish into air, into thin air.” E.M. Forster
Love’s Conflict, Eternal Truth, Visible World, Truth, Love, Warfare
E.M. Forster Love’s Conflict, Eternal Truth, Visible World, Truth, Love, Warfare“I do not consider her choice of a piece happy. Beethoven is so usually simple and direct in his appeal that it is sheer perversity to choose a thing like that, which, if anything, disturbs.” E.M. Forster
Art, Perception, Complexity, Human Experience, Inner Landscape, Emotional Depth
E.M. Forster Art, Perception, Complexity, Human Experience, Inner Landscape, Emotional Depth“The house was very quiet, and the fog – we are in November now – pressed against the windows like an excluded ghost.” E.M. Forster
Isolation, Atmosphere, Human Reflection, Time Of Year, Emotional Weight, Uncertainty
E.M. Forster Isolation, Atmosphere, Human Reflection, Time Of Year, Emotional Weight, Uncertainty“It so happened that Lucy, who found daily life rather chaotic, entered a more solid world when she opened the piano. She was then no longer either deferential or patronizing; no longer either a rebel or a slave.” E.M. Forster
Piano, Chaos, Lucy, Solid, Artistic Escape, Self-Transformation
E.M. Forster Piano, Chaos, Lucy, Solid, Artistic Escape, Self-Transformation“They travelled for thirteen hours down-hill, whilst the streams broadened and the mountains shrank, and the vegetation changed, and the people ceased being ugly and drinking beer, and began instead to drink wine and to be beautiful.” E.M. Forster
Transformation, Human Experience, Complexity, Perception, Cultural Reflection, Inner Landscape
E.M. Forster Transformation, Human Experience, Complexity, Perception, Cultural Reflection, Inner Landscape“I was brought up to be honest; the trouble is it gets me nowhere.” E.M. Forster
Human Nature, Complexity, Social Reflection, Inner Landscape, Emotional Depth, Perception
E.M. Forster Human Nature, Complexity, Social Reflection, Inner Landscape, Emotional Depth, Perception“Without form, the sensitiveness vanishes.” E.M. Forster
Perception, Complexity, Human Experience, Inner Landscape, Emotional Depth, Artistic Reflection
E.M. Forster Perception, Complexity, Human Experience, Inner Landscape, Emotional Depth, Artistic Reflection“It’s not what people do to you, but what they mean, that hurts.” E.M. Forster
Emotional Impact, Intentions Matter, Human Feelings, Perception, Emotional Understanding, Pain
E.M. Forster Emotional Impact, Intentions Matter, Human Feelings, Perception, Emotional Understanding, Pain“Italy and London are the only places where I don’t feel to exist on sufferance.” E.M. Forster
Cultural Belonging, Freedom, Identity, Creative Spaces, Acceptance, Connection
E.M. Forster Cultural Belonging, Freedom, Identity, Creative Spaces, Acceptance, Connection“Money pads the edges of things.” E.M. Forster
Wealth, Materialism, Perception, Superficiality, Value, Excess
E.M. Forster Wealth, Materialism, Perception, Superficiality, Value, Excess“Silence and loneliness cannot last for ever. It may be a hundred or a thousand years, but the sea lasts longer, and she shall come out of it and sing.” E.M. Forster
Hope, Solitude, Nature, Human Experience, Inner Landscape, Emotional Depth
E.M. Forster Hope, Solitude, Nature, Human Experience, Inner Landscape, Emotional Depth