All Matthew Arnold Quotes
- Not a having and a resting, but a growing and a becoming, is the character of perfection as culture conceives it. Becoming
- The true meaning of religion is thus not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion. Emotion
- The world hath failed to impart the joy our youth forebodes; failed to fill up the void which in our breasts we bear. Bear
- Ah love, let us be true to one another, which seems to lie before us like a land of dreams; so various, so beautiful, so… Ah
- They... who await. No gifts from Chance, have conquered Fate. Await
- The need of expansion is as genuine an instinct in man as the need in a plant for the light, or the need in man… Expansion
- The bent of our time is towards science, towards knowing things as they are ... Bent
- Use your gifts faithfully, and they shall be enlarged; practice what you know, and you shall attain to higher knowledge. Attain
- I am bound by my own definition of criticism : a disinterested endeavour to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought in… Best
- Unquiet souls. In the dark fermentation of earth, in the never idle workshop of nature, in the eternal movement, yea shall find yourselves again. Dark
- Culture is the passion for sweetness and light, and (what is more) the passion for making them prevail. Culture
- The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light. Light
- Have something to say, and say it as clearly as you can. That is the only secret. Clearly
- For the creation of a masterwork of literature two powers must concur, the power of the man and the power of the moment, and the… Concur
- Miracles do not happen. Funny
- Miracles are doomed; they will drop out like fairies and witchcraft, from... Doomed
- Consider these people, then, their way of life, their habits, their manners, the very tones of their voice; look at them attentively; observe the literature… Amount
- To have the sense of creative activity is the great happiness and the great proof of being alive. Activity
- Culture is properly described as the love of perfection; it is a study of perfection. Culture
- Because thou must not dream, thou need not despair. Despair