John Galsworthy
John Galsworthy
John Galsworthy OMwas an English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Sagaand its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth14 August 1867
vision facts dawn
Dawn has power to fertilise the most matter-of-fact vision.
real struggle atheism
Religion was nearly dead because there was no longer real belief in future life; but something was struggling to take its place - service - social service - the ants creed, the bees creed.
new-beginnings self-help humans
The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy.
stars spring sunset
There are moments when Nature reveals the passion hidden beneath the careless calm of her ordinary moods-violent spring flashing white on almond-blossom through the purple clouds; a snowy, moonlit peak, with its single star, soaring up to the passionate blue; or against the flames of sunset, an old yew-tree standing dark guardian of some fiery secret.
strong sex weekend
The bicycle... has been responsible for more movement in manners and morals than anything since Charles the Second. Under its influence, wholly or in part, have blossomed weekends, strong nerves, strong legs, strong language... equality of sex, good digestion and professional occupation - in four words, the emanicipation of women.
principles married born
When a Forsyte was engaged, married, or born, the Forsytes were present; when a Forsyte diedbut no Forsyte had as yet died; they did not die; death being contrary to their principles, they took precautions against it, the instinctive precautions of highly vitalised persons who resent encroachments on their property.
time people not-good-enough
It isnot good enough tospend time and ink indescribing the penultimate sensations and physical movements of people getting into a state of rut, we all know them so well.
change drinking wine
It is an age of stir and change, a season of new wine and old bottles. Yet, assuredly, in spite of breakages and waste, a wine worth the drinking is all the time being made.
tragedy done life-is
the biggest tragedy of life is the utter impossibility to change what you have done
thinking world effects
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.
dog loss animal
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.
life love-is people
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.
men belief salvation
Only out of stir and change is born new salvation. To deny that is to deny belief in man, to turn our backs on courage!
future thinking ifs
If you do not think about the future, you cannot have one.