Edith Hamilton - Facts Quotes

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Old ideas are continually being slain by new facts. There is nothing stable in the conclusions of the mind, and it is impossible that there ever should be unless we hold that the universe is made to the measure of the human mind, an assumption for which nothing in the past gives any warrant.

Edith Hamilton

When I read educational articles it often seems to me that this important side of the matter, the purely personal side, is not emphasized enough; the fact that it is so much more agreeable and interesting to be an educated person than not. The sheer pleasure of being educated does not seem to be stressed.

Edith Hamilton

Theories that go counter to the facts of human nature are foredoomed.

Edith Hamilton

When the mind withdraws into itself and dispenses with facts it makes only chaos.

Edith Hamilton

When faith is supported by facts or by logic it ceases to be faith.

Edith Hamilton

No facts however indubitably detected, no effort of reason however magnificently maintained, can prove that Bach's music is beautiful.

Edith Hamilton