In plain words, Chaos was the law of nature Order was the dream of man.
HQuote by Henry B. Adams about chaos, law, dream, order, word, nature, man
Quotes by Henry B. Adams
46 quotes by Henry B. Adams
Henry B. Adams - historian, jurnalist and novelist
Was born on 16 feb 1838.
Died on 27 mar 1918, at 80 years old.
Died on 27 mar 1918, at 80 years old.
Origin country: United States
A teacher affects eternity he can never tell, where his influence stops.
HQuote 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.
HQuote by Henry B. Adams about liberty, absolute
American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it.
HQuote by Henry B. Adams about water, society, americans
Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.
HQuote 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.
HQuote by Henry B. Adams about rules
It is always good men who do the most harm in the world.
HQuote by Henry B. Adams about man, world, good, good luck
It is impossible to underrate human intelligence - beginning with one's own.
HQuote by Henry B. Adams about intelligence, beginning, impossible, human imperfections
Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education.
HQuote 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.
HQuote 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.
HQuote by Henry B. Adams about word, thinking, man
