I drink the wine of aspiration and the drug of illusion. Thus I am never dull. John Galsworthy More Quotes by John Galsworthy More Quotes From John Galsworthy Love has no age, no limit; and no death. John Galsworthy birthday love death Honesty of thought and speech and written word is a jewel, and they who curb prejudice and seek honorably to know and speak the truth are the only builders of a better life. John Galsworthy prejudice honesty jewels I think the greatest thing in the world is to believe in people. John Galsworthy self-esteem believe thinking Not the least hard thing to bear when they go from us, these quiet friends, is that they carry away with them so many years of our own lives. John Galsworthy dog loss animal Love is not a hot-house flower, but a wild plant, born of a wet night, born of an hour of sunshine; sprung from wild seed, blown along the road by a wild wind. A wild plant that, when it blooms by chance within the hedge of our gardens, we call a flower; and when it blooms outside we call a weed; but, flower or weed, whose scent and colour are always, wild! John Galsworthy sunshine weed flower It was such a spring day as breathes into a man an ineffable yearning, a painful sweetness, a longing that makes him stand motionless, looking at the leaves or grass, and fling out his arms to embrace he knows not what. John Galsworthy may spring men Life calls the tune, we dance. John Galsworthy fate destiny tunes Wealth is a means to an end, not the end itself. As a synonym for health and happiness, it has had a fair trial and failed dismally. John Galsworthy wealth trials mean Headlines twice the size of the events. John Galsworthy size events workout Idealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem. John Galsworthy distance problem inspirational Beginnings are always messy. John Galsworthy messy If you do not think about the future, you cannot have one. John Galsworthy future ifs thinking We are not living in a private world of our own. Everything we say and do and think has its effect on everything around us. John Galsworthy effects world thinking It isn't enough to love people because they're good to you, or because in some way or other you're going to get something by it. We have to love because we love loving. John Galsworthy love-is life people Only love makes fruitful the soul. John Galsworthy only-love soul love Humanism is the creed of those who believe that in the circle of enwrapping mystery, men's fates are in their own hands - a faith that for modern man is becoming the only possible faith. John Galsworthy fate men believe A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, Nothing else. John Galsworthy done motivational men The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy, the building of a house, the writing of a novel, the demolition of a bridge, and, eminently, the finish of a voyage. John Galsworthy bridges house writing Men are in fact, quite unable to control their own inventions; they at best develop adaptability to the new conditions those inventions create. John Galsworthy invention men facts Slang is vigorous and apt. Probably most of our vital words were once slang. John Galsworthy vigorous slang
