
Quotes by Henry B. Adams
46 quotes by Henry B. Adams


A teacher affects eternity he can never tell, where his influence stops.
Quote by Henry B. Adams about influence, teachers, eternity

Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself.
Quote by Henry B. Adams about absolute, liberty




American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it.
Quote by Henry B. Adams about water, society, americans


Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.
Quote by Henry B. Adams about chaos, habits, order, life

Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuse himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels.
Quote by Henry B. Adams about rules



In plain words, Chaos was the law of nature Order was the dream of man.
Quote by Henry B. Adams about chaos, law, dream, order, nature, man


It is always good men who do the most harm in the world.
Quote by Henry B. Adams about man, world, good, good luck

It is impossible to underrate human intelligence - beginning with one's own.
Quote by Henry B. Adams about intelligence, beginning, impossible, human imperfections

Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education.
Quote by Henry B. Adams about beginning, education, knowledge, nature, human imperfections, end


No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about it himself.
Quote by Henry B. Adams about intelligence, faith, good, good luck, man

No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.
Quote by Henry B. Adams about thinking, man