Quotes from Holbrook Jackson

Suffer fools gladly; they may be right.

The great revolution of the future will be Nature's revolt against man.

The possession of a great many things, even the best of things, tends to blind one to the real value of anything.

Happiness is a form of courage.

Man is a dog's idea of what God should be.

The poor are the only consistent altruists; they sell all they have and give it to the rich.

Pedantry is the dotage of knowledge.

The time to read is any time: no apparatus, no appointment of time and place, is necessary. It is the only art which can be practiced at any hour of the day or night, whenever the time and inclination comes, that is your time for reading; in joy or sorrow, health or illness.

There are only two classes in society: those who get more than they earn, and those who earn more than they get.

The end of reading is not more books but more life.

The time to read is any time: no apparatus, no appointment of time and place, is necessary.

Great books conserve time.

As soon as an idea is accepted it is time to reject it.

Genius is initiative on fire.

Love is the most subtle form of self-interest.

Book-love, I say again, lasts throughout life, it never flags or fails, but, like Beauty itself, is a joy forever.

Intuition is reason in a hurry.

People who want to be amused have lost the art of living.

Those who seek happiness miss it, and those who discuss it, lack it.

Only one-fourth of the sorrow in each man's life is caused by outside uncontrollable elements, the rest is self-imposed by failing to analyze and act with calmness.

We are more inclined to regret our virtues than our vices; but only the very honest will admit this.

No man is ever old enough to know better.

We are more inclined to regret our virtues than our vices; but only the very honest will admit this.

Happiness is a form of courage.