Elbert Hubbard
Elbert Hubbard
Elbert Green Hubbardwas an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher. Raised in Hudson, Illinois, he had early success as a traveling salesman for the Larkin Soap Company. Presently Hubbard is known best as the founder of the Roycroft artisan community in East Aurora, New York, an influential exponent of the Arts and Crafts Movement. Among his many publications were the nine-volume work Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great and the short publication A Message to Garcia. He and...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth19 June 1859
CountryUnited States of America
Elbert Hubbard quotes about
The church saves sinners, but science seeks to stop their manufacture.
Miracle: An event described by those to whom it was told by men who did not see it.
If your religion does not change you, then you should change your religion
Mystic: a person who is puzzled before the obvious, but who understands the non-existent.
Most reformers wore rubber boots and stood on glass when God sent a current of Commonsense through the Universe.
We are punished by our sins, not for them.
Nature: The unseen intelligence which loved us into being, and is disposing of us by the same token
Every spirit makes its house, but as afterwards the house confines the spirit, you had better build well.
Every spirit makes its house, but as afterwards the house confines its spirit, you had better build well
The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you'll make one.
Men are only as great as they are kind.
To know when to be generous and when to be firm -- this is wisdom.
Never explain -- your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
No explanation ever explains the necessity of making one.