A blind man knows he cannot see, and is glad to be led, though it be by a dog; but he that is blind in his understanding, which is the worst blindness of all, believes he sees as the best, and scorns a guide. – Samuel Butler
If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason. – Samuel Butler
Books want to be born: I never make them. They come to me and insist on being written, and on being such and such. – Samuel Butler
The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by all that is. – Samuel Butler
The ruin of the human heart is self-interest, which the American merchant calls self-service. We have become a self-service populace, and all our specious comforts –the automatic elevator, the escalator, the cafeteria –are depriving us of volition and moral and physical energy. – Edward Dahlberg