Elbert Hubbard

Martyrs and persecutors are the same type of man. As to which is the persecutor and which the martyr, this is only a question of transient power.

Elbert Hubbard

Meanness is more in half-doing than in omitting acts of generosity.

Elbert Hubbard

Men who marry for gratification, propagation or the matter of buttons or socks, must expect to cope with and deal in a certain amount of quibble, subterfuge, concealments, and double, deep-dyed prevarication.

Elbert Hubbard

Men whose lives are doubtful want a strong government and a hot religion

Elbert Hubbard

Most reformers wore rubber boots and stood on glass when God sent a current of commonsense through the Universe.

Elbert Hubbard

Mystic: a person who is puzzled before the obvious, but who understands the non-existent.

Elbert Hubbard

Natural joy brings no headaches and no heartaches.

Elbert Hubbard

No great spiritual event befalls those who do not summon it.

Elbert Hubbard

Of all blessings, no gift equals the gentle, trusting love and companionship of a good woman.

Elbert Hubbard

Often we can help each other most by leaving each other alone; at other times we need the hand-grasp and the word of cheer.

Elbert Hubbard