John Fowles Quotes About Life

Quotes about: Life

• The most important questions in life can never be answered by anyone except oneself.

  John Fowles

  Life, Philosophy, Important

  John Fowles (1968). “The Magus”, Pan

• There comes a time in each life like a point of fulcrum. At that time you must accept yourself. It is not any more what you will become. It is what you are and always will be.

  John Fowles

  Life, Philosophy, Acceptance

  John Fowles (1968). “The Magus”, Pan

• I love making, I love doing. I love being to the full, I love everything which is not sitting and watching and copying and dead at heart.

  John Fowles

  Life, Heart, Copying

  John Fowles (1980). “The collector”, Dell Pub Co

• Only fools think our attitude to our fellow men is a thing distinct from our attitude to 'lesser' life on this planet.

  John Fowles

  Life, Attitude, Equality

• I am going to explain to you why we went to war. Why mankind always goes to war. It is not social or political. It is not countries that go to war, but men. It is like salt. Once one has been to war, one has salt for the rest of one's life. Do you understand?

  John Fowles

  Life, Country, Laughter

  "The Magus".

• It's despair at the lack of feeling, of love, of reason in the world. It's despair that anyone can even contemplate the idea of dropping a bomb or ordering that it should be dropped. It's despair that so few of us care. It's despair that there's so much brutality and callousness in the world. It's despair that perfectly normal young men can be made vicious and evil because they've won a lot of money. And then do what you've done to me.

  John Fowles

  Life, Men, Perfectly Normal

• Content is a word unknown to life; it is also a word unknown to man.

  John Fowles

  Life, Men, Contentment

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin