Henry S. Haskins Quotes

We are no more alike under the skin than we are on top of it.

Many of us are impersonations of what we know we ought to be.

It is the honest lies we tell—statements factually correct and essentially deceiving—which debauch our manhood and stunt our growth.

He who longs for the far-away proves thereby that he has corrupted the near-at-hand.

Proud souls in the true sense are never humbled by adversity.

Some have half-baked ideas because their ideals are not heated up enough.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are but tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

When a man’s success becomes commonplace to him, it is his success no longer.

Stand aloof from your own opinions; they seek to lure you with an illusive certainty.

Good behavior is the last refuge of mediocrity.

The things we counterfeit are not worth the trouble of falling into disgrace with ourselves.

When you think of the silly things people have said to you which have stopped you from saying the same silly things, you simply can’t do justice to your gratitude.

Who can set us straight in our labyrinth from the mazes of his own?

It is only an uncivilized world that would worship civilization.

Academic questions are interlopers in a world where so few of the real ones have been answered.