The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves.

E.M. Forster (Edward Morgan Forster)

More information about this quote

Topic

Influences Books Timing

Author

E.M. Forster (Edward Morgan Forster)

Source

A Book that Influenced Me

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1944 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Forster, E.M. "A Book that Influenced Me," Two Cheers for Democracy. Hogarth Press, 1951. Originally published in 1944, publisher unknown.

Illustrated Quote

A quote by E.M. Forster about influences: “The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and…”
Download
A quote by E.M. Forster about influences: “The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and…”
Download
A quote by E.M. Forster about influences: “The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and…”
Download

Related Quotes

Below are one or more quotes that share at least one tag with the quote at the top of the page

Another quote from the 1940s

The opening up of new markets, foreign or domestic, and the organizational development from the craft shop and factory to such concerns as U.S. Steel illustrate the same process of industrial mutation...That incessantly revolutionizes the economic structure from within, incessantly destroying the old one, incessantly creating a new one. This process of Creative Destruction is the essential fact about capitalism.

Joseph Schumpeter

Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy

Buy Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy at Amazon Buy Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy at Amazon
More information about this quote
Topic
Capitalism

Author

Joseph Schumpeter
Source
Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy
Genre
Economic literature Historical literature
Language
English
Time
1942 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Schumpeter, Joseph Alois. Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy. Harper & Brothers, 1942, pt. 2, ch. 7.

Another quote about Books

A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.

Franz Kafka

More information about this quote
Topic
Self-discovery Power of literature Books

Author

Franz Kafka
Source
Letters of Franz Kafka
Medium
Letter
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
German
Time
1904 1900s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Kafka, Franz. Letter to Oskar Pollak. 27 Jan. 1904.

Current Citation

Kafka, Franz. Franz Kafka: Letters to Friends, Family, and Editors, translated by Richard and Clara Winston. Schocken, 1990.

Another quote from 1944

It's a wonder I haven't abandoned all my ideals. They seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.

Anne Frank

The Diary of a Young Girl

Buy The Diary of a Young Girl at Amazon Buy The Diary of a Young Girl at Amazon
More information about this quote
Topic
Idealism Optimism Human nature

Author

Anne Frank
Source
The Diary of a Young Girl
Medium
Personal journal
Language
Dutch
Time
1944 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
Citation

Frank, Anne. Journal entry. 15 July 1944.