“A man of action forced into a state of thought is unhappy until he can get out of it.”

— John Galsworthy, Maid in Waiting, Ch. 3 (1931)

About John Galsworthy

1867 – 1933

English novelist and Nobel laureate in Literature (1932).

“Art is the great and universal refreshment.”

“The world's a fine place for those who go out to take it; there's lots of unknown stuff in it yet.”

“They did not stop to love each other in this life; they were so sure they had all eternity to do it in.”

“Any one thing in the creation is sufficient to demonstrate a Providence to an humble and grateful mind.”

“Why, what is weeping and sighing? A judgement. What is misfortune? A judgement.”

“For God made all mankind to be happy, to be serene.”

“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.”

“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”

“Remember that all is opinion.”