Creative Quotations from E. M. Forster (1879-1970)

Creative Quotations from . . .

E. M. Forster
(1879-1970) born on Jan 01

English novelist. He wrote of British/Indian and middle class conflicts in "A Passage to India," 1924 and "A Room With A View," 1908.

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The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves.

Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch, which ought to be applied as sparingly as possible.

Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.

Two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.

Happiness in the ordinary sense is not what one needs in life, though one is right to aim at it. The true satisfaction is to come through, and see those whom one lives come through.

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	"Two Cheers for Democracy," "A Book That Influenced Me," 1951.
R:	"Two Cheers for Democracy," "What I Believe" (1951).
A:	"Two Cheers for Democracy," "Gide and George" (1951).
N:	"Two Cheers for Democracy," "What I Believe" (1951).
K:	letter, 1922, in 'Selected Letters', Vol. II (1921-1970)