Man is the unnatural animal, the rebel child of nature, and more and more does he turn himself against the harsh and fitful hand that reared him.

Quote by H G Wells

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Leaders should lead as far as they can and then vanish. Their ashes should not...

Leaders should lead as far as they can and then vanish. Their ashes should not...

Sailors ought never to go to church. They ought to go to hell, where it...

Sailors ought never to go to church. They ought to go to hell, where it...

Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative.

Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative.

We are living in 1937, and our universities, I suggest, are not half-way out of...

We are living in 1937, and our universities, I suggest, are not half-way out of...

The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.

The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.

After people have repeated a phrase a great number of times, they begin to realize...

After people have repeated a phrase a great number of times, they begin to realize...

History is a race between education and catastrophe.

History is a race between education and catastrophe.

In England we have come to rely upon a comfortable time-lag of fifty years or...

In England we have come to rely upon a comfortable time-lag of fifty years or...

If we don't end war, war will end us.

If we don't end war, war will end us.

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.

Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.

Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

While there is a chance of the world getting through its troubles, I hold that...

While there is a chance of the world getting through its troubles, I hold that...

The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.

The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.

The past is but the past of a beginning.

The past is but the past of a beginning.

Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the...

Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the...

Human history in essence is the history of ideas.

Human history in essence is the history of ideas.

History is a race between education and catastrophe.

History is a race between education and catastrophe.

You have learned something. That always feels at first as if you had lost something.

You have learned something. That always feels at first as if you had lost something.

We are living in 1937, and our universities, I suggest, are not half-way out of...

We are living in 1937, and our universities, I suggest, are not half-way out of...

It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not pay with...

It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not pay with...