E. M. Forster Quotes

If, when you charged a person with his faults, you credited him with his virtues too, you would probably like everybody.

'Acceptance' is always a good word.

You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that.

But nevertheless, the fact remained, it was almost impossible to dislike anyone if one looked at them.

Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.

We must take our friends as they are.

I think it's very important for people to not judge the people you're playing. You have to find a way to love them because their story is theirs. I just don't think there would be any use in that.

Everybody's funny if you love them.

Love is not blind - it sees more, not less. But because it sees more, it is willing to see less.

You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance.

I have begun to sympathetically understand Paul, though I don't like him much.

Thank you for accepting me as I am, with my virtues and defects.

The first thing a kindness deserves is acceptance, the second, transmission.

You can't tell stories and really walk in someone's shoes and not have a love for them, even if they're doing horrible things.

I don't think it's good to try and change anyone. The trick and the mystery - of relationships and life in general - is to learn to live with the bits you don't like.

I may not understand, but I am willing to admire.

I hate nobody.

To understand somebody else as a human being, I think, is about as close to real forgiveness as one can get.

I have gained so much more from my experiences of being open and loving humanity rather than being jaded and being closed-off.

I don't dislike anybody.

I realize you can't please everyone.

I try to see some good in everyone.

I'm not gonna say I'm the greatest guy, but the reason I don't hate is I know what it feels like to be hated. So I always pull for Tom Brady.

In this world where we live, some people are going to love you, some people are going to hate you - that's what it is. You cannot try to force everybody to love you, it's not gonna work.

It's not all fine and dandy, but a smile can go a long way. Show some love, be patient, and this world will be a much better place.