1867-1933, British Novelist, Playwright
A man of action forced into a state of thought is unhappy until he can get out of it.
John Galsworthy – [Action]
Headlines twice the size of the events.
John Galsworthy – [Newspapers]
Idealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem.
John Galsworthy – [Ideals and Idealism]
If you do not think about your future, you cannot have one.
John Galsworthy – [Future]
One's eyes are what one is, one's mouth is what one becomes.
John Galsworthy – [Eyes]
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.
John Galsworthy – [Welfare]
There is one rule for politicians all over the world: Don't say in Power what you say in opposition; if you do, you only have to carry out what the other fellows have found impossible.
John Galsworthy – [Politicians and Politics]
When Man evolved Pity, he did a queer thing — deprived himself of the power of living life as it is without wishing it to become something different.
John Galsworthy – [Pity]