War is like a fire. One man may start it, but it will spread all over. It is not about any one thing in particular. T. H. White More Quotes by T. H. White More Quotes From T. H. White "The best thing for being sad," replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow, "is to learn something. That's the only thing that never fails. T. H. White education teacher inspirational Nobody can be saved from anything, unless they save themselves. It is hopeless doing things for people - it is often very dangerous to do things at all - and the only thing worth doing for the race is to increase its stock of ideas. Then, if you make available a larger stock, people are at liberty to help themselves from out of it. By this process the means of improvement is offered, to be accepted or rejected freely, and there is a faint hope of progress in the course of millennia. Such is the business of the philosopher, to open new ideas. It is not his business to impose them on people. T. H. White race mean ideas The unicorn was white, with hoofs of silver and graceful horn of pearl... The glorious thing about him was his eye. There was a faint bluish furrow down each side of his nose, and this led to the eye sockets, and surrounded them in a pensive shade. The eyes, circled by this sad and beautiful darkness, were so sorrowful, lonely, gentle and nobly tragic, that they killed all other emotions except love. T. H. White lonely eye beautiful My boy, you shall be everything in the world, animal, vegetable, mineral, protista, or virus, for all I care-before I have done with you-but you will have to trust my superior backsight. The time is not yet ripe for you to be a hawk... so you may as well sit down for the moment and learn to be a human being. T. H. White done-with-you animal boys Life is too bitter already, without territories and wars and noble feuds T. H. White feuds noble war If people reach perfection they vanish, you know. T. H. White perfection knows people The best thing for being sad, is to learn something. That's the only thing that never fails ... Learning is the only thing for you. Look what a lot of things there are to learn. T. H. White being-sad failing looks Dogs, like very small children, are quite mad. T. H. White mad dog children The destiny of man is to unite, not to divide. T. H. White divides destiny men The miracle was that he had been allowed to do a miracle. And ever, says Mallory, Sir Lancelot wept, as he had been a child that had been beaten. T. H. White lancelot miracle children You run a grave risk, my boy," said the magician, "of being turned into a piece of bread, and toasted. T. H. White risk running boys It seems, in tragedy, that innocence is not enough. T. H. White innocence tragedy enough Perhaps he does not want to be friends with you until he knows what you are like. With owls, it is never easy-come-easy-go. T. H. White doe want owl Education is experience, and the essence of experience is self-reliance. T. H. White essence self graduation The Victorians had not been anxious to go away for the weekend. The Edwardians, on the contrary, were nomadic. T. H. White anxious weekend going-away The race will find that capitalists and communists modify themselves so much during the ages that they end by being indistinguishable as democrats. T. H. White communist race age God is love, the parson whined. T. H. White god-is-love blind You think education is something to be done when all else fails? T. H. White failing done thinking All forms of collectivism are mistaken, according to the human skull. T. H. White collectivism form skulls Kings can only use their best tools. T. H. White tools use kings
