Quotes from Elbert Hubbard

Insomnia never comes to a man who has to get up exactly at six o'clock. Insomnia troubles only those who can sleep any time.

A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.

I believe it is possible that I shall make other creeds, and change this one, or add to it, from time to time, as new light may come to me.

The only way to retain love is to give it away.

Of all blessings, no gift equals the gentle, trusting love and companionship of a good woman.

The idea that is not dangerous is not worthy of being called an idea at all.

An idea that is not dangerous is not worthy of being called an idea at all.

Unleash your TRAVEL BEAST .... explore the world. It's time to begin your next adventure! No man needs a vacation so much as the person who has just had one.

Love is not really blind- the bandage is never so tight but that it can peep.

Jealousy seems the absolute reversal of love. It is the swinging from the sunny warmth of the Equator to the frigid cold of the North Pole.

It is only life and love that give love and life.

Initiative is doing the right things without being told.

Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness.

Woman's inaptitude for reasoning has not prevented her from arriving at truth; nor has man's ability to reason prevented him from floundering in absurdity.

Down in their hearts, wise men know this truth: the only way to help yourself is to help others.

Life is a paradox. Every truth has its counterpart which contradicts it; and every philosopher supplies the logic his own undoing.

When we really live truth, we will cease to talk about it.

Falling in love is the beginning of all wisdom, all sympathy, all compassion, all art, all religion; and in it's larger sense is the one thing in life worth doing.

Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer to your goal.

If you have health, you probably will be happy, and if you have health and happiness, you have all the wealth you need, even if it is not all you want.

If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble.

What people need and what they want may be very different.

What people need and what they want may be very different.... Teachers are those who educate the people to appreciate the things they need.

Men whose lives are doubtful want a strong government and a hot religion