Henry Adams Quotes

"No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous."
- Henry Adams
(Related: Thought, Words)

"The Indian Summer of life should be a little sunny and a little sad, like the season, and infinite in wealth and depth of tone, but never hustled."
- Henry Adams
(Related: Life, Wealth, Infinite, Summer)

"A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops."
- Henry Adams
(Related: Eternity, Influence)

"I have written too much history to have faith in it; and if anyone thinks I'm wrong, I am inclined to agree with him."
- Henry Adams
(Related: Faith, History, Wrong)

"Man is an imperceptible atom always trying to become one with God."
- Henry Adams
(Related: God, Man, Trying)