I am said to be difficult of acquaintance, unwilling to meet any one half way, and showing a social manner which is easy, not diffident, but formal and unresponsive, tending constantly to hold people off. Albert J. Nock acquaintanceconstantlydifficult share on social
The position of modern science, as far as an ignorant man of letters can understand it, seems not a step in advance of that held by Huxley and Romanes in the last century. Albert J. Nock advancecenturyhold Change image and share on social
Like Prince von Bismarck in diplomacy, I have no secrets. Albert J. Nock bismarckdiplomacyprince Change image and share on social
Life has obliged him to remember so much useful knowledge that he has lost not only his history, but his whole original cargo of useless knowledge; history, languages, literatures, the higher mathematics, or what you will - are all gone. Albert J. Nock cargohighhistory share on social
Someone asked me years ago if it were true that I disliked Jews, and I replied that it was certainly true, not at all because they are Jews but because they are folks, and I don't like folks. Albert J. Nock agoaskdislike Change image and share on social
As far as I know, I have no pride of opinion. Albert J. Nock opinionpride Change image and share on social
Assuming that man has a distinct spiritual nature, a soul, why should it be thought unnatural that under appropriate conditions of maladjustment, his soul might die before his body does; or that his soul might die without his knowing it? Albert J. Nock assumebodycondition share on social
Perhaps the prevalence of pedantry may be largely accounted for by the common error of thinking that, because useful knowledge should be remembered, any kind of knowledge that is at all worth learning should be remembered too. Albert J. Nock accountcommonerror share on social
Diligent as one must be in learning, one must be as diligent in forgetting; otherwise the process is one of pedantry, not culture. Albert J. Nock culturediligentforget Change image and share on social
As might be supposed, my parents were quite poor, but we somehow never seemed to lack anything we needed, and I never saw a trace of discontent or a failure in cheerfulness over their lot in life, as indeed over anything. Albert J. Nock cheerfulnessdiscontentfailure share on social
