Quotes from James Anthony Froude

Superior strength is found in the long run to lie with those who had right on their side.

The secret of a person's nature lies in their religion and what they really believes about the world and their place in it.

Our human laws are more or less imperfect copies of the external laws as we see them.

Philosophy goes no further than probabilities, and in every assertion keeps a doubt in reserve.

Science rests on reason and experiment, and can meet an opponent with calmness; but a belief is always sensitive.

The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.

The superstition of science scoffs at the superstition of faith.

Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.