Adventures do occur, but not punctually.

Adventures do occur, but not punctually.

E. M. Forster

Art is the funnel, as it were, through which spirit is poured into life.

Art is the funnel, as it were, through which spirit is poured into life.

War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.

War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.

A harmful truth is better than a useful lie.

A harmful truth is better than a useful lie.

Order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject.

Order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject.

Laughter is a sunbeam of the soul.

Laughter is a sunbeam of the soul.

Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil.

Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil.

Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him.

Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him.

One always tends to overpraise a long book, because one has got through it.

One always tends to overpraise a long book, because one has got through it.

Nonsense and beauty have close connections.

Nonsense and beauty have close connections.

Love is a great force in private life; it is indeed the greatest of all things; but love in public affairs does not work.

Love is a great force in private life; it is indeed the greatest of all things; but love in public affairs does not work.

If we act the truth the people who really love us are sure to come back to us in the long run

If we act the truth the people who really love us are sure to come back to us in the long run

The historian records, but the novelist creates.

The historian records, but the novelist creates.

The emotions may be endless. The more we express them, the more we may have to express.

The emotions may be endless. The more we express them, the more we may have to express.

The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and then queen died of grief is a plot.

The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and then queen died of grief is a plot.

Mistrust all enterprises that require new clothes.

Mistrust all enterprises that require new clothes.

Though life is very glorious, it is difficult.

Though life is very glorious, it is difficult.

You can transmute love, ignore it, muddle it, but you can never pull it out of you.

You can transmute love, ignore it, muddle it, but you can never pull it out of you.

Don't be mysterious; there isn't the time.

Don't be mysterious; there isn't the time.