We are living in 1937, and our universities, I suggest, are not half-way out of the fifteenth century. We have made hardly any changes in our conception of university organization, education, graduation, for a century - for several centuries. H. G. Wells centuryconceptioneducation share on social
The only true measure of success is the ratio between what we might have done and what we might have been on the one hand, and the thing we have made and the things we have made of ourselves on the other. H. G. Wells handmakemeasure share on social
In England we have come to rely upon a comfortable time-lag of fifty years or a century intervening between the perception that something ought to be done and a serious attempt to do it. H. G. Wells attemptcenturycomfortable Change image and share on social
Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe. H. G. Wells catastropheeducationhistory Change image and share on social
The uglier a man's legs are, the better he plays golf - it's almost a law. H. G. Wells golflawleg Change image and share on social
There's nothing wrong in suffering, if you suffer for a purpose. Our revolution didn't abolish danger or death. It simply made danger and death worthwhile. H. G. Wells abolishdangerdeath Change image and share on social
Sailors ought never to go to church. They ought to go to hell, where it is much more comfortable. H. G. Wells churchcomfortablehell Change image and share on social
Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race. H. G. Wells adultbicycledespair Change image and share on social
Man is the unnatural animal, the rebel child of nature, and more and more does he turn himself against the harsh and fitful hand that reared him. H. G. Wells animalchildfitful Change image and share on social
The path of social advancement is, and must be, strewn with broken friendships. H. G. Wells advancementbreakfriendship Change image and share on social
