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Elbert Hubbard Quotes

1856–1915 United States

Elbert Green Hubbard (19 June 1856 – 7 May 1915) was an American writer, publisher, artist, businessman, anarchist and libertarian socialist philosopher. He was an influential exponent of the Arts and Crafts movement, founding the Roycroft enterprises.

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Also known as: Hubbard, Elbert

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No man who believes in force and violence is an Anarchist. The true Anarchist decries all influences save those of love and reason. Ideas are his only arms.
Being an Anarchist I am also a Socialist.

The Better Part (1901)

I believe in the Motherhood of God.
I believe in the Blessed Trinity of Father, Mother and Child.

Credo (1901)

The weaknesses of the many make the leader possible—and the man who craves disciples and wants followers is always more or less of a charlatan. The man of genuine worth and insight wants to be himself; and he wants others to be themselves, also. Discipleship is a degenerating process to all parties concerned. People who are able to do their own thinking should not allow others to do it for them.

The Note Book of Elbert Hubbard (1927)

No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one.

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A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.

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Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Elbert Hubbard (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.