I tell you the solemn truth, that the doctrine of the Trinity is not so difficult to accept for a working proposition as any one of the axioms of physics. Henry Adams acceptaxiomdifficult Change image and share on social
At best, the renewal of broken relations is a nervous matter. Henry Adams breakmatternervous Change image and share on social
Every man who has at last succeeded, after long effort, in calling up the divinity which lies hidden in a woman's heart, is startled to find that he must obey the God he summoned. Henry Adams calldivinityeffort Change image and share on social
Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself. Henry Adams absenceabsolutefree Change image and share on social
Politics, as a practise, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds. Henry Adams hatredorganizationpolitic Change image and share on social
The proper study of mankind is woman. Henry Adams mankindproperstudy Change image and share on social
Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts. Henry Adams accumulateamountastonish Change image and share on social
Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuses himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels. Henry Adams amuseapplycarry Change image and share on social