I'd rather take advice from my valet than from the Conservative Party Conference Arthur Balfour More Quotes by Arthur Balfour More Quotes From Arthur Balfour Every human soul is of infinite value, eternal, free; no human being, therefore, is so placed as not to have within his reach, in himself and others, objects adequate to infinite endeavor. Arthur Balfour adequatebeing-theresoul I never forgive, but I always forget. Arthur Balfour forgivenessforgivingnever-forget But science is the great instrument of social change, all the greater because its object is not change but knowledge, and its silent appropriation of this dominant function, amid the din of political and religious strife, is the most vital of all the revolutions which have marked the development of modern civilisation. Arthur Balfour changereligiousknowledge I do not stare at a gentleman in distress. Arthur Balfour distressstaringgentleman He has only half learned the art of reading who has not added to it the more refined art of skipping and skimming. Arthur Balfour funnybookart I am more or less happy when being praised, not very comfortable when being abused, but I have moments of uneasiness when being explained. Arthur Balfour politicspoliticalmoments Science preceded the theory of science, and is independent of it. Science preceded naturalism, and will survive it. Arthur Balfour independenttheoryscience Though the parallel is not complete, it is safe to say that science will never touch them unaided by its practical applications. Its wonders may be catalogued for purposes of education, they may be illustrated by arresting experiments, by numbers and magnitudes which startle or fatigue the imagination but they will form no familiar portion of the intellectual furniture of ordinary men unless they be connected, however remotely, with the conduct of ordinary life. Arthur Balfour educationmenscience Biography should be written by an acute enemy. Arthur Balfour biographiesshouldenemy In effort Happiness idleness life pleasure superstition support trouble work The superstition that all our hours of work are a minus quantity in the happiness of life, and all the hours of idleness are plus ones, is a most ludicrous and pernicious doctrine, and its greatest support comes from our not taking sufficient trouble, not making a real effort, to make work as near pleasure as it can be. Arthur Balfour realworklife Herbert Asquith's clarity is a great liability because he has nothing to say. Arthur Balfour liabilityclarity His Majesty's Government looks with favour upon the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jews. Arthur Balfour majestygovernmenthome Kant, as we all know, compared moral law to the starry heavens, and found them both sublime. On the naturalistic hypothesis we should rather compare it to the protective blotches on a beetle's back, and find them both ingenious. Arthur Balfour sublimelawheaven He [A. J. Balfour] was eminently one of the Cole Porter school of famous men, who only fell to rise again. Picking himself up and brushing himself down became a minor art form, ruefully admired by his contemporaries. Arthur Balfour menartschool No country can allow its safety to be wholly dependent on faithful observance by other states of rules to which they are obliged. Arthur Balfour faithfulsafetycountry Man, so far as natural science by itself is able to teach us, is no longer the final cause of the universe, the Heaven-descended heir of all the ages. His very existence is an accident, his story a brief and transitory episode in the life of one of the meanest of the planets. Arthur Balfour agemenheaven I look forward to a time when Irish patriotism will as easily combine with British patriotism as Scottish patriotism combines now. Arthur Balfour scottishbritishlooks I thought he was a young man of promise, but it appears he is a young man of promises. -- Speaking Of Winston Churchill Arthur Balfour
