Henry B. Adams quotes and words of wisdom

"Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit."
Found in the topic Life.

"Friends are born, not made."
Found in the topic Poetry.

"Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds."
Found in the topic Politics.

"The work of internal government has become the task of controlling the thousands of fifth-rate men."
Found in the topic Control.

"No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous."
Found in the topic Thief.

Interesting Quotes

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely when they have exhausted all other alternatives.Abba Eban - Israeli (S. African-born) diplomat & politician (1915 - 2002)

Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.Albert Schweitzer - French philosopher & physician (1875 - 1965)