There were no object lessons, and the studies of bookkeeping and French were pursued (but never effectually overtaken. H. G. Wells More Quotes by H. G. Wells More Quotes From H. G. Wells I hope, or I could not live. H. G. Wells start-the-day Religion is the first thing and the last thing, and until a man has found God and been found by God, he begins at no beginning, he works to no end. H. G. Wells endsfoundmen The cat, which is a solitary beast, is single minded and goes its way alone, but, the dog, like his master, is confused in his mind. H. G. Wells confusedcatdog Marriage isn't what it was. It's become a different thing because women have become human beings. H. G. Wells different-thingsdifferenthumans If you are in difficulties with a book, try the element of surprise: attack it at an hour when it isn't expecting it. H. G. Wells writingtryingbook Leaders should lead as far as they can and then vanish. Their ashes should not choke the fire they have lit. H. G. Wells ashesleaderfire It is the system of nationalist individualism that has to go....We are living in the end of the sovereign states....In the great struggle to evoke a Westernized World Socialism, contemporary governments may vanish....Countless people...will hate the new world order....and will die protesting against it. H. G. Wells world-governmenthatestruggle Is it any wonder that to this day this Galilean is too much for our small hearts? H. G. Wells christianheartjesus The true objection to slavery is not that it is unjust to the inferior but that it corrupts the superior. H. G. Wells inferiorsslaveryunjust Crime and bad lives are the measure of a State's failure, all crime in the end is the crime of the community. H. G. Wells criminalscommunityliterature The uglier a man's legs are, the better he plays golf - it's almost a law. H. G. Wells golfbeautymen No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns they were scrutinised and studied, perhaps almost as narrowly as a man with a microscope might scrutinise the transient creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. H. G. Wells watermenyears I write as straight as I can, just as I walk as straight as I can, because that is the best way to get there. H. G. Wells walkswritingway We should strive to welcome change and challenges, because they are what help us grow. With out them we grow weak like the Eloi in comfort and security. We need to constantly be challenging ourselves in order to strengthen our character and increase our intelligence. H. G. Wells challengescharacterorder A downtrodden class... will never be able to make an effective protest until it achieves solidarity. H. G. Wells alliancesableclass The only true measure of success is the ratio between what we might have done and what we might have been on the one hand, and the thing we have made and the things we have made of ourselves on the other. H. G. Wells donesuccesshands Countless people...will hate the New World Order...and will die protesting against it...we have to bear in mind the distress of a generation or so of malcontents. H. G. Wells hategunorder The German people are an orderly, vain, deeply sentimental and rather insensitive people. They seem to feel at their best when they are singing in chorus, saluting or obeying orders. H. G. Wells singingorderpeople I am an historian, I am not a believer, but I must confess as a historian that this penniless preacher from Nazareth is irrevocably the very center of history. Jesus Christ is easily the most dominant figure in all history. H. G. Wells great-christiannazarethjesus A time will come when a politician who has willfully made war and promoted international dissension will be as sure of the dock and much surer of the noose than a private homicide. It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not stake their own. H. G. Wells timewarpeace
