God is not Love in the East. He is Power, although Mercy may temper it.
E.M. Forster
Divine Power, Religious Authority, Cultural Divisions, Mercy, Authority, Eastern Philosophy
E.M. Forster’s Quotes On Topics
Charm | Moral Complexity | Imaginative Writing | Social Norms | Artistic Challenge | Imagination Growth | Parenting | Dreams | Value Nihilism | English Legacy | Innovative Thinking | Personal Legacy | Despised World | Critique Of Sophistication | Incredible Memories | Memory Eternal | Sex | Creative Growth | Emotional Growth | Empirical Flaws | More
More E.M. Forster Quotes
“Don’t believe those lies about intellectual people. They’re only written to soothe the majority.” E.M. Forster
Intellectual People, Believe Lies, Soothe, Majority, Written, People
E.M. Forster Intellectual People, Believe Lies, Soothe, Majority, Written, People“Man can learn everything if he will but try.” E.M. Forster
Man, Learn, Try, Everything, Human Potential, Personal Growth
E.M. Forster Man, Learn, Try, Everything, Human Potential, Personal Growth“There’s enough sorrow in the world, isn’t there, without trying to invent it.” E.M. Forster
Sorrow, World, Invent, Enough, Human Suffering, Emotional Wisdom
E.M. Forster Sorrow, World, Invent, Enough, Human Suffering, Emotional Wisdom“She had a strong, if erroneous, conviction of her own futility, and wished she had never come out of her backwater, where nothing happened except art and literature, and where no one ever got married or succeeded in remaining engaged.” E.M. Forster
Futility, Isolation, Creativity, Regret, Detachment, Introspection
E.M. Forster Futility, Isolation, Creativity, Regret, Detachment, Introspection“Only a writer who has the sense of evil can make goodness readable.” E.M. Forster
Duality In Writing, Moral Conflict, Creativity, Insight, Literary Expression, Complexity
E.M. Forster Duality In Writing, Moral Conflict, Creativity, Insight, Literary Expression, Complexity“The traveller who has gone to Italy to study the tactile values of Giotto, or the corruption of the Papacy, may return remembering nothing but the blue sky and the men and women who live under it.” E.M. Forster
Perception, Experience, Human Nature, Cultural Reflection, Inner Landscape, Complexity
E.M. Forster Perception, Experience, Human Nature, Cultural Reflection, Inner Landscape, Complexity“Can what they call civilization be right, if people mayn’t die in the room where they were born?” E.M. Forster
Civilization, People, Die, Birth, Right, Room
E.M. Forster Civilization, People, Die, Birth, Right, Room“Those who search for truth are too conscious of the maze to be hard on others.” E.M. Forster
Search For Truth, Conscious Of Maze, Hard On Others, Too, Search, Truth
E.M. Forster Search For Truth, Conscious Of Maze, Hard On Others, Too, Search, Truth“At the side of the everlasting why, is a yes, and a yes, and a yes.” E.M. Forster
Affirmation, Wonder, Positivity, Curiosity, Life’s Questions, Acceptance
E.M. Forster Affirmation, Wonder, Positivity, Curiosity, Life’s Questions, Acceptance“One grows accustomed to being praised, or being blamed, or being advised, but it is unusual to be understood.” E.M. Forster
Understanding, Praise, Criticism, Connection, Human Interaction, Rare Bond
E.M. Forster Understanding, Praise, Criticism, Connection, Human Interaction, Rare Bond“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 Human Value, Intellectual Reflection, Academic Critique, Human Complexity, Student Experience, Societal Insight“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“One has two duties – to be worried and not to be worried.” E.M. Forster
Dual Responsibilities, Worry Balance, Emotional Paradox, Duties, Worried, Balance
E.M. Forster Dual Responsibilities, Worry Balance, Emotional Paradox, Duties, Worried, Balance“Something had changed. He had journeyed – as on rare occasions a man must – till he stood behind right and wrong. On the banks of the grey torrent of life, love is the only flower.” E.M. Forster
Transformation, Love, Human Experience, Inner Landscape, Complexity, Emotional Depth
E.M. Forster Transformation, Love, Human Experience, Inner Landscape, Complexity, Emotional Depth“They cared for no one, they were outside humanity, and death, had it come, would only have continued their pursuit of a retreating horizon.” E.M. Forster
Isolation From Humanity, Endless Pursuit, Death, Emotional Detachment, Retreating Goals, Existential Themes
E.M. Forster Isolation From Humanity, Endless Pursuit, Death, Emotional Detachment, Retreating Goals, Existential Themes“Life never gives us what we want at the moment that we consider appropriate.” E.M. Forster
Life, Timing, Desire, Disappointment, Human Expectations, Acceptance
E.M. Forster Life, Timing, Desire, Disappointment, Human Expectations, Acceptance“One was tired of everything, it seemed. One launched into enthusiasms only to collapse gracefully, and pick oneself up amid sympathetic laughter.” E.M. Forster
Tired Of Everything, Enthusiasms, Graceful Collapse, Pick Up, Sympathetic, Everything
E.M. Forster Tired Of Everything, Enthusiasms, Graceful Collapse, Pick Up, Sympathetic, Everything“All this fame and money, which have so thrilled me when they came to others, leave me cold when they come to me. I am not an ascetic, but I don’t know what to do with them, and my daily life has never been so trying, and there is no one to fill it emotionally.” E.M. Forster
Materialism, Emotional Void, Inner Struggle, Identity Crisis, Solitude, Life Challenge
E.M. Forster Materialism, Emotional Void, Inner Struggle, Identity Crisis, Solitude, Life Challenge