We have to hate our immediate predecessors, to get free from their authority. D. H. Lawrence More Quotes by D. H. Lawrence More Quotes From D. H. Lawrence The modern pantheist not only sees the god in everything, he takes photographs of it. D. H. Lawrence modernatheismphotograph I am part of the sun as my eye is of me. That I am part of the earth my feet know perfectly, and my blood is part of the sea. D. H. Lawrence eyeseablood A man has no religion who has not slowly and painfully gathered one together, adding to it, shaping it; and one's religion is never complete and final, it seems, but must always be undergoing modification. D. H. Lawrence atheismmenreligion I hold that the parentheses are by far the most important parts of a non-business letter. D. H. Lawrence letter-writingimportantletters Why, oh why must one grow up, why must one inherit this heavy, numbing responsibility of living an undiscovered life? Out of the nothingness and the undifferentiated mass, to make something of herself! But what? In the obscurity and pathlessness to take a direction! But whither? How take even one step? And yet, how stand still? This was torment indeed, to inherit the responsibility of one’s own life. D. H. Lawrence obscuritygrowing-upresponsibility One doesn't know, till one is a bit at odds with the world, how much one's friends who believe in one rather generously, mean to one. D. H. Lawrence realfriendshipbelieve You must always be a-waggle with LOVE. D. H. Lawrence love The word arse is as much god as the word face. It must be so, otherwise you cut off your god at the waist. D. H. Lawrence arsescuttingbody Oh, for the wonder that bubbles into my soul. D. H. Lawrence my-soulsoulwonder No absolute is going to make the lion lie down with the lamb: unless the lamb is inside. D. H. Lawrence lambslionslying An artist is only an ordinary man with a greater potentiality. D. H. Lawrence artistordinarymen Life is beautiful, as long as it consumes you. When it is rushing through you, destroying you, life is gorgeous, glorious. It's when you burn a slow fire and save fuel, that life's not worth having. D. H. Lawrence beautifulinspirationallife The autumn always gets me badly, as it breaks into colours. I want to go south, where there is no autumn, where the cold doesn't crouch over one like a snow-leopard waiting to pounce. D. H. Lawrence autumnsnowfall The great home of the soul is the open road. D. H. Lawrence soulcouragehome There are three cures for ennui: sleep, drink and travel. D. H. Lawrence drinkthreesleep Beauty is a mystery. You can neither eat it nor make flannel out of it. D. H. Lawrence flannelsbeautifulbeauty We have lost the art of living, and in the most important science of all, the science of daily life, the science of behavior, we are complete ignoramuses. We have psychology instead. D. H. Lawrence psychologyscienceart There's nothing wrong with sexual feelings in themselves, so long as they are straightforward and not sneaking or sly. The right sort of sex stimulus is invaluable to human daily life. Without it the world grows grey. D. H. Lawrence feelingslongsex You love me so much, you want to put me in your pocket. And I should die there smothered. D. H. Lawrence pocketswantlove I am in love - and, my God, it is the greatest thing that can happen to a man. I tell you, find a woman you can fall in love with. Do it. Let yourself fall in love. If you have not done so already, you are wasting your life. D. H. Lawrence philosophicallovefall
