Quotes from Eden Phillpotts

If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you.

I used to hurt so badly that I'd ask God why, what have I done to deserve any of this? I feel now He was preparing me for this, for the future. That's the way I see it.

You never know what a fool you can be till life gives you the chance.

I used to hurt so badly that I'd ask God why, what have I done to deserve any of this? I feel now He was preparing me for this, for the future. That's the way I see it.

The biggest fool may come out with a bit of sense when you least expect it.

The people sensible enough to give good advice are usually sensible enough to give none.

The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to sharpen.

The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper. (A Shadow Passes)

You are but a tiny cluster upon the vines of heaven, where the grapes are worlds; yet you hold the power to ripen your bitter berries and add to the eternal vintage of cosmic sweetness if so you will.

We are often jealous of our little secrets, though to another ear they generally convey neither profit nor entertainment.

To make the State your god is to worship an idol, for the State is a man-made creation arising naturally out of tribal communion; but the soul, if such there be, is a god-made miracle and above all national or patriotic standards – the supreme and eternal reality.

If it were but known that the combined might of the world was against aggression, the war-minded could only seek his salvation in peace, perceiving that further ostentatious preparations for war were idle.

The only shadow thrown by a devoted friendship, Brendon, is the knowledge that it must some day come to an end....Yet who would deny himself the glory of friendship, before the menace that it must sooner or later finish? A close amity and understanding, a discovery of kindred spirits, is the most precious experiences within the reach of mankind.

El sentido común es algo tan raro que su aplicación asombra al mundo, y quienes tienen la habilidad de emplearlo son declarados genios. El genio es, para decir la verdad, un derivado del sentido común.

Read wisely for a good book is a faithful friend.

A Socialist State demands precisely the same human symbols as that of Fascist or Nazi, and the same surrender of human liberties if it is to succeed.

Why are you all wasting human labour and the world's wealth in building machinery to commit mass murder – creatures that for half a million years and more have been endowed with reason – conscious beings who discovered a better way long centuries ago?

You are a cruel and lying species. You have not kept faith with evolution; you have not kept faith with yourselves; you have not kept faith with your own prophets and seers.

The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

A happy marriage is still the greatest treasure within the gift of fortune.

The people sensible enough to give good advice are usually sensible enough to give none.

We always think every other man's job is easier than our own. The better he does it, the easier it looks.

Faith is a permanent and vital endowment of the human mind-a part of reason itself. The insane alone are without it.