The exhaustion of the passions is the beginning of wisdom. — James Hilton Exhaustion Copy Share Image
If net neutrality goes away, it will fundamentally change everything about the Internet. — James Hilton Internet Copy Share Image
“Then, my son, when the strong have devoured each other, the Christian ethic may at last be fulfilled, and the meek shall… — James Hilton Christian Copy Share Image
Surely there comes a time when counting the cost and paying the price aren't things to think about any more. All that… — James Hilton Cost Copy Share Image
There's only one thing more important... and that is, after you've done what you set out to do, to feel that it's… — James Hilton Doing Copy Share Image
“But here, at Shangri–La, all was in deep calm. In a moonless sky the stars were lit to the full, and a… — James Hilton Calm Copy Share Image
If you forgive people enough you belong to them, and they to you, whether either person likes it or not squatter's rights… — James Hilton Belong Copy Share Image
“And so it stood, a warm and vivid patch in his life, casting a radiance that glowed in a thousand recollections.” — James Hilton Life Copy Share Image
“Then the whole range, much nearer now, paled into fresh splendor; a full moon rose, touching each peak in succession like some… — James Hilton Full moon Copy Share Image
“The will of God or the lunacy of man-- it seemed to him that you could take your choice, if you wanted… — James Hilton Choice Copy Share Image
“Rutherford assented. “Yes, I liked him a good deal too, though I also saw surprisingly little of him, if you measure it… — James Hilton Liked Copy Share Image
“It was not a friendly picture, but to Conway, as he surveyed, there came a queer perception of fineness in it, of… — James Hilton Friendship Copy Share Image
The first quarter-century of your life was doubtless lived under the cloud of being too young for things, while the last quarter-century… — James Hilton Century Copy Share Image
If I had a child who wanted to be a teacher, I would bid him Godspeed as if he were going to… — James Hilton Battle Copy Share Image
“Without thought or knowledge, one could have guessed that this bleak world was mountain-high, and that the mountains rising from it were… — James Hilton Mountains Copy Share Image
Have you ever been going somewhere with a crowd and you're certain it's the wrong road and you tell them, but they… — James Hilton Certain Copy Share Image
“Moonlight faded after a time, and with it that distant specter of the mountain; then the triple mischiefs of darkness, cold, and… — James Hilton Darkness Copy Share Image
“-why had she found the story so absorbing? Of course it was quite possible she hadn't. Maybe she merely preferred a novel--any… — James Hilton Absorbing Copy Share Image
“We have reason. It is the entire meaning and purpose of Shangri-La. It came to me in a vision long, long ago.… — James Hilton Dreams Copy Share Image
“Grins and disregarding silence met the shouts of the four imprisoned passengers, while the slightest attempt to alight provoked a menacing movement… — James Hilton Imprisoned Copy Share Image
“Conway said quietly, “If you’d had all the experiences I’ve had, you’d know that there are times in life when the most… — James Hilton Life Copy Share Image
What a host of little incidents, all deep-buried in the past -- problems that had once been urgent, arguments that had once… — James Hilton Anecdotes Copy Share Image
“It fitted Baskul and Delhi and London, war making and empire building, consulates and trade concessions and dinner parties at Government House;… — James Hilton War Copy Share Image
“Think for a moment. You will have time to read—never again will you skim pages to save minutes, or avoid some study… — James Hilton Education Copy Share Image
“On the night before the wedding, when Chips left the house to return to his hotel, she said, with mock gravity: "This… — James Hilton Good bye Copy Share Image
“The parallel is not quite exact. For those Dark Ages were not really so very dark—they were full of flickering lanterns, and… — James Hilton Dark Copy Share Image
In a small cathedral town where changes are few, there are always people who remember who used to live in a particular… — James Hilton Book Copy Share Image
When you are getting on in years (but not ill, of course), you get very sleepy at times, and the hours seem… — James Hilton Book Copy Share Image
“As most real writers do, he wrote because he had something to say, not because of any specific ambition to be a… — James Hilton Writer Copy Share Image
“He had, in fact, already begun to sink into that creeping dry rot of pedagogy which is the worst and ultimate pitfall… — James Hilton Career Copy Share Image
“Cigars had burned low, and we were beginning to sample the disillusionment that usually afflicts old school friends who have met again… — James Hilton Friendship Copy Share Image
“But that was not all. He foresaw a time when men, exultant in the technique of homicide, would rage so hotly over… — James Hilton Books Copy Share Image
“suspicion had sometimes been current that he really was as unruffled as he looked, and that whatever happened, he did not give… — James Hilton Love Copy Share Image
“And then, in the midst of the still-encompassing dream, he felt himself master of Shangri-La. These were his beloved things, all around… — James Hilton Dream Copy Share Image
You will have Time, that rare and lovely gift that your Western countries have lost the more they have pursued it. — James Hilton Country Copy Share Image
And I believe that the Binomial Theorem and a Bach Fugue are, in the long run, more important than all the battles… — James Hilton Battle Copy Share Image
This storm you talk of . . .t will be such a one, my son, as the world has not seen before.… — James Hilton Answers Copy Share Image
“If I could put it into a very few words, dear sir, I should say that our prevalent belief is in moderation.… — James Hilton Character Copy Share Image
“Miss Brinklow, however, was not yet to be sidetracked. "What do the lamas do?" she continued. "They devote themselves, madam, to contemplation… — James Hilton Meditation Copy Share Image
“He recognized that they were likely to have far more personal reasons for anxiety than he had himself. Mallinson, for instance, was… — James Hilton Anxiety Copy Share Image
