A man who gives himself to be a possession of aliens leads a Yahoo life, having bartered his soul to a brute-master. He is not of them. He may stand against them, persuade himself of a mission, batter and twist them into something which they, of their own accord, would not have been. T. E. Lawrence accordalienbarter share on social
It seemed that rebellion must have an unassailable base, something guarded not merely from attack, but from the fear of it: such a base as we had in the Red Sea Parts, the desert, or in the minds of the men we converted to our creed. T. E. Lawrence attackbaseconvert share on social
To me an unnecessary action, or shot, or casualty, was not only waste but sin. T. E. Lawrence actioncasualtyshoot Change image and share on social
The Beduin could not look for God within him: he was too sure that he was within God. T. E. Lawrence beduingod Change image and share on social
The people of England have been led in Mesopotamia into a trap from which it will be hard to escape with dignity and honor. T. E. Lawrence dignityenglandescape Change image and share on social
To have news value is to have a tin can tied to one's tail. T. E. Lawrence newstailtie Change image and share on social
All the revision in the world will not save a bad first draft: for the architecture of the thing comes, or fails to come, in the first conception, and revision only affects the detail and ornament, alas! T. E. Lawrence affectalaarchitecture share on social
A first difficulty of the Arab movement was to say who the Arabs were. Being a manufactured people, their name had been changing in sense slowly year by year. Once it meant an Arabian. There was a country called Arabia; but this was nothing to the point. T. E. Lawrence arabarabiaarabian share on social
I've been & am absurdly over-estimated. There are no supermen & I'm quite ordinary, & will say so whatever the artistic results. In that point I'm one of the few people who tell the truth about myself. T. E. Lawrence absurdlyartisticestimate share on social
Bedouin ways were hard even for those brought up to them, and for strangers, terrible: a death in life. T. E. Lawrence bedouinbringdeath Change image and share on social
