Science preceded the theory of science, and is independent of it. Science preceded naturalism, and will survive it. Arthur Balfour More Quotes by Arthur Balfour More Quotes From Arthur Balfour Ask with urgency and passion. Arthur Balfour questioning asks passion 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 adequate being-there soul I never forgive, but I always forget. Arthur Balfour forgiveness forgiving never-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 change religious knowledge I do not stare at a gentleman in distress. Arthur Balfour distress staring gentleman 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 funny book art 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 politics political moments 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 education men science Biography should be written by an acute enemy. Arthur Balfour biographies should enemy 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 real work life Herbert Asquith's clarity is a great liability because he has nothing to say. Arthur Balfour liability clarity His Majesty's Government looks with favour upon the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jews. Arthur Balfour majesty government home 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 sublime law heaven 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 men art school 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 faithful safety country 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 age men heaven I look forward to a time when Irish patriotism will as easily combine with British patriotism as Scottish patriotism combines now. Arthur Balfour scottish british looks 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
