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Henry Adams Quotes

Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. The imagination must be given not wings but weights Picture Quote #1

History will die if not irritated. The only service I can do to my profession is to serve as a flea Picture Quote #1

History is the most aristocratic of all literary pursuits, because it obliges the historian to be rich as well as educated Picture Quote #1

My own conclusion is that history is simply social development along the lines of weakest resistance, and that in most cases the line of weakest resistance is found as unconsciously by society as by water Picture Quote #1

American politics is a struggle, not of men but of forces. The men become every year more and more creatures of force, massed about central power houses Picture Quote #1

We shall some day catch an abstract truth by the tail, and then we shall have our religion and our immortality Picture Quote #1

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The study of history is useful to the historian by teaching him his ignorance of women Picture Quote #1

The habit of expression leads to the search for something to express. Something remains as a residuum of the commonplace itself, if one strikes out every commonplace in the expression Picture Quote #1

As a historian, he felt it his duty to respect everything that had ever been respected, except for the occasional statesman Picture Quote #1

By nature, man is lazy, working only under compulsion; and when he is strong we will always live, as far as he can, upon the labor or the property of the weak Picture Quote #1

Every one must bear his own universe, and most persons are moderately interested in learning how their neighbors have managed to carry theirs Picture Quote #1

If I grapple with sin in my own strength, the devil knows he may go to sleep Picture Quote #1

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All taxation is an evil, but heavy taxes, indiscriminately levied on every everything are one of the greatest curses that can afflict a people Picture Quote #1

A boy’s will is his life, and he dies when it is broken, as the colt dies in harness, taking a new nature in becoming tame Picture Quote #1

I would rather starve and rot and keep the privilege of speaking the truth as I see it, than of holding all the offices that capital has to give from the presidency down Picture Quote #1

My rule in making up examination questions is to ask questions which I can’t myself answer. It astounds me to see how some of my students answer questions which would play the deuce with me Picture Quote #1

My belief is that science is to wreck us, and that we are like monkeys monkeying with a loaded shell; we don’t in the least know or care where our practically infinite energies come from or will bring us to Picture Quote #1

You say that love is nonsense. I tell you it is no such thing. For weeks and months it is a steady physical pain, an ache about the heart, never leaving one, by night or by day; a long strain on one’s nerves like toothache or rheumatism, not intolerable at any one instant, but exhausting by its steady drain on the strength Picture Quote #1

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Modern politics is, at bottom, a struggle not of men but of forces. The men become every year more and more creatures of force, massed about central powerhouses. The conflict is no longer between the men, but between the motors that drive the men, and the men tend to succumb to their own motive forces Picture Quote #1

From cradle to grave this problem of running order through chaos, direction through space, discipline through freedom, unity through multiplicity, has always been, and must always be, the task of education, as it is the moral of religion, philosophy, science, art, politics and economy; but a boy’s will is his life, and he dies when it is broken, as the colt dies in harness, taking a new nature in becoming tame Picture Quote #1

I firmly believe, that before many centuries more, science will be the master of man. The engines he will have invented will be beyond his strength to control. Someday, science shall have the existence of mankind in its power, and the human race commit suicide by blowing up the world Picture Quote #1

Average human nature is very coarse, and its ideals must necessarily be average. The world never loved perfect poise. What the world does love is commonly absence of poise, for it has to be amused Picture Quote #1

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Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. The imagination must be given not wings but weights (Henry Adams Quotes) History will die if not irritated. The only service I can do to my profession is to serve as a flea (Henry Adams Quotes) History is the most aristocratic of all literary pursuits, because it obliges the historian to be rich as well as educated (Henry Adams Quotes) My own conclusion is that history is simply social development along the lines of weakest resistance, and that in most cases the line of weakest resistance is found as unconsciously by society as by water (Henry Adams Quotes) American politics is a struggle, not of men but of forces. The men become every year more and more creatures of force, massed about central power houses (Henry Adams Quotes) We shall some day catch an abstract truth by the tail, and then we shall have our religion and our immortality (Henry Adams Quotes) The study of history is useful to the historian by teaching him his ignorance of women (Henry Adams Quotes) The habit of expression leads to the search for something to express. Something remains as a residuum of the commonplace itself, if one strikes out every commonplace in the expression (Henry Adams Quotes) As a historian, he felt it his duty to respect everything that had ever been respected, except for the occasional statesman (Henry Adams Quotes) By nature, man is lazy, working only under compulsion; and when he is strong we will always live, as far as he can, upon the labor or the property of the weak (Henry Adams Quotes) Every one must bear his own universe, and most persons are moderately interested in learning how their neighbors have managed to carry theirs (Henry Adams Quotes) If I grapple with sin in my own strength, the devil knows he may go to sleep (Henry Adams Quotes) All taxation is an evil, but heavy taxes, indiscriminately levied on every everything are one of the greatest curses that can afflict a people (Henry Adams Quotes) A boy’s will is his life, and he dies when it is broken, as the colt dies in harness, taking a new nature in becoming tame (Henry Adams Quotes) I would rather starve and rot and keep the privilege of speaking the truth as I see it, than of holding all the offices that capital has to give from the presidency down (Henry Adams Quotes) My rule in making up examination questions is to ask questions which I can’t myself answer. It astounds me to see how some of my students answer questions which would play the deuce with me (Henry Adams Quotes) My belief is that science is to wreck us, and that we are like monkeys monkeying with a loaded shell; we don’t in the least know or care where our practically infinite energies come from or will bring us to (Henry Adams Quotes) You say that love is nonsense. I tell you it is no such thing. For weeks and months it is a steady physical pain, an ache about the heart, never leaving one, by night or by day; a long strain on one’s nerves like toothache or rheumatism, not intolerable at any one instant, but exhausting by its steady drain on the strength (Henry Adams Quotes) Modern politics is, at bottom, a struggle not of men but of forces. The men become every year more and more creatures of force, massed about central powerhouses. The conflict is no longer between the men, but between the motors that drive the men, and the men tend to succumb to their own motive forces (Henry Adams Quotes) From cradle to grave this problem of running order through chaos, direction through space, discipline through freedom, unity through multiplicity, has always been, and must always be, the task of education, as it is the moral of religion, philosophy, science, art, politics and economy; but a boy’s will is his life, and he dies when it is broken, as the colt dies in harness, taking a new nature in becoming tame (Henry Adams Quotes) I firmly believe, that before many centuries more, science will be the master of man. The engines he will have invented will be beyond his strength to control. Someday, science shall have the existence of mankind in its power, and the human race commit suicide by blowing up the world (Henry Adams Quotes) Average human nature is very coarse, and its ideals must necessarily be average. The world never loved perfect poise. What the world does love is commonly absence of poise, for it has to be amused (Henry Adams Quotes)

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