Famous Norman Douglas Quotations

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"The longer one lives, the more one realizes that nothing is a dish for every day."
by Norman Douglas
"There is in us a lyric germ or nucleus which deserves respect; it bids a man to ponder or create; and in this dim corner of himself he can take refuge and find consolations which the society of his fellow creatures does not provide."
by Norman Douglas
"Education is a state-controlled manufactory of echoes."
by Norman Douglas
"If you want to see what children can do, you must stop giving them things."
by Norman Douglas
"To find a friend one must close one eye To keep him, two."
by Norman Douglas
"What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes? But the man who orders his life according to their teachings cannot go far wrong."
by Norman Douglas
"What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes. Take fifty of our current proverbial sayings-- they are so trite, so threadbare. None the less they embody the concentrated experience of the race, and the man who orders his life according to their teachings cannot be far wrong. Has any man ever attained to inner harmony by pondering the experience of others? Not since the world began! He must pass through fire."
by Norman Douglas
"You can construct the character of a man and his age not only from what he does and says, but from what he fails to say and do."
by Norman Douglas
"You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements."
by Norman Douglas
"A man can believe a considerable deal of rubbish, and yet go about his daily work in a rational and cheerful manner."
by Norman Douglas
"To find a friend one must close one eye -- to keep him, two."
by Norman Douglas
"Shall I give you my recipe for happiness? I find everything useful and nothing indispensable. I find everything wonderful and nothing miraculous. I reverence the body. I avoid first causes like the plague."
by Norman Douglas
"Many a man who thinks to found a home discovers that he has merely opened a tavern for his friends."
by Norman Douglas
"What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes? Take fifty of our current proverbial sayings -- they are so trite, so threadbare, that we can hardly bring our lips to utter them. None the less they embody the concentrated experience of the race and the man who orders his life according to their teaching cannot go far wrong."
by Norman Douglas
"One can always trust to time. Insert a wedge of time and nearly everything straightens itself out."
by Norman Douglas
"What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes? Take fifty of our current proverbial sayings—they are so trite, so threadbare, that we c..."
by Norman Douglas


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