J. F. C. Fuller Quotes

People never leave a sinking ship until they see the lights of another ship approaching.

A stumble may prevent a fall.

Be a friend to thyself, and others will be so too.

Harmony exists no less in difference than in likeness, if only the same key-note govern both parts.

The great end of life is not knowledge but action.

Tension is the great integrity.

The opposite of nature is impossible.

We must progress to the stage of doing all the right things for all the right reasons instead of doing all the right things for all the wrong reasons.

The nearest each of us can come to God is by loving the truth.

Music is nothing else but wild sounds civilised into time and tune.

Don't try to make me consistent. I am learning all the time.

Man tells his aspiration in his God; but in his demon he shows his depth of experience.

He that has one eye is a prince among those that have none.

Wine hath drowned more men than the sea.

Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm.

There is no joy equal to that of being able to work for all humanity and doing what you're doing well.

Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment.

Nature does have manure and she does have roots as well as blossoms, and you can't hate the manure and blame the roots for not being blossoms.

By the time you are 88 years old, you "have consumed 300 tons of food, air and water."

Seeing-is-believing is a blind spot in man's vision.

I accept the universe!

Most of my advances were by mistake. You uncover what is when you get rid of what isn't.

If man chooses oblivion, he can go right on leaving his fate to his political leaders. If he chooses Utopia, he must initiate an enormous education program - immediately, if not sooner.

You have to decide whether you want to make money or make sense, because the two are mutually exclusive.

A problem adequately stated is a problem well on its way to being solved.

No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend till he is unhappy.

We are prisoners of our own metaphors, metaphorically speaking.

I look for what needs to be done. After all, that's how the universe designs itself.

A good friend is my nearest relation.

It is the property of fools to be always judging.

I have great hope for tomorrow. My hope lies in three things-truth, youth, and love.

There will come a time when the proper education of children, by a glorified system of spontaneous education of choice, similar to the Montessori System, will be made possible.

Leftovers in their less visible form are called memories. Stored in the refrigerator of the mind and the cupboard of the heart.

The fool wanders, a wise man travels.

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it.

The noblest revenge is to forgive

Don't attempt to reform man. An adequately organized environment will permit humanity's original, innate capabilities to become successful.

Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword.

The main subject in the Bible from the beginning of Genesis through Revelation is none other than Jesus.

All human advances occur in the outlaw area.

With our minds alone we can discover those principles we need to employ to convert all humanity to success in a new, harmonious relationship with the universe.

Adherence to dogmas has destroyed more armies and cost more battles than anything in war.

Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.

A fox should not be on the jury at a goose's trial.

An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with.

It is a vulgar error that love, a love, to woman is her whole existence; she is born for Truth and Love in their universal energy

People should think things out fresh and not just accept conventional terms and the conventional way of doing things.

He's my friend that speaks well of me behind my back.

As the aeroplane is the most mobile weapon we possess, it is destined to become the dominant offensive arm of the future.

Artists are always young.