The best picture has not yet been painted; the greatest poem is still unsung; the mightiest novel remains to be written; the divinest music has not been conceived, even by Bach. In science, probably ninety-nine percent of the knowable has not yet been discovered.
I have seen the future, and it works. - Lincoln Steffens
I have seen the future, and it works.
- Lincoln Steffens
Keep your baby eyes (which are the eyes of genius) on what we don't know - Lincoln Steffens
Keep your baby eyes (which are the eyes of genius) on what we don't know
Why is it that the less intelligence people have, the more spiritual they are? They seem to fill all the vacant, ignorant spaces in their heads with … - Lincoln Steffens
Why is it that the less intelligence people have, the more spiritual they are? They seem to fill all the vacant, ignorant spaces in their heads with …
Morality is only moral when it is voluntary. - Lincoln Steffens
Morality is only moral when it is voluntary.
Nothing is done. Everything in the world remains to be done or done over. - Lincoln Steffens
Nothing is done. Everything in the world remains to be done or done over.
It is privilege that causes evil in the world, not wickedness, and not men. - Lincoln Steffens
It is privilege that causes evil in the world, not wickedness, and not men.
You ask men in office to be honest; I ask them to serve the public. - Lincoln Steffens
You ask men in office to be honest; I ask them to serve the public.
The misgovernment of the American people is misgovernment by the American people. - Lincoln Steffens
The misgovernment of the American people is misgovernment by the American people.
Power is what men seek, and any group that gets it will abuse it. It is the same story. - Lincoln Steffens
Power is what men seek, and any group that gets it will abuse it. It is the same story.
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