“Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.”
History
“American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it.”
SocietyAll Quotes by Henry Adams
“Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuses himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels.”
Travel“Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.”
Politics“The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no other purpose than to tell lies where their interests are involved. One can trust nobody and nothing.”
Trust“Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage.”
Marriage“I have written too much history to have faith in it and if anyone thinks I'm wrong, I am inclined to agree with him.”
Faith“Chaos was the law of nature Order was the dream of man.”
Nature“The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset Darwin.”
Alone“All experience is an arch, to build upon.”
Experience“Friends are born, not made.”
Friendship“A teacher affects eternity he can never tell where his influence stops.”
Teacher“No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about it himself.”
Faith“He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers.”
Politics“Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education.”
Education“Politics are a very unsatisfactory game.”
Politics“It is impossible to underrate human intelligence - beginning with one's own.”
Intelligence“American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it.”
Society“Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing up the world.”
Power“Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts.”
Education“Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.”
Politics