The longing for certainty... is in every human mind. But certainty is generally illusion.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Topics: Reality Quotes

Beauty is the index of a larger fact than wisdom.

Beauty is the index of a larger fact than wisdom.

Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often...

Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often...

For him in vain the envious seasons roll, Who bears eternal summer in his soul.

For him in vain the envious seasons roll, Who bears eternal summer in his soul.

The very aim and end of our institutions is just this: that we may think...

The very aim and end of our institutions is just this: that we may think...

A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot...

A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot...

It is very lonely sometimes, trying to play God.

It is very lonely sometimes, trying to play God.

Death tugs at my ear and says: Live, I am coming.

Death tugs at my ear and says: Live, I am coming.

But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.

But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.

To brag little - to show well - to crow gently, if in luck -...

To brag little - to show well - to crow gently, if in luck -...

Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It...

Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It...

Every idea is an incitement... Eloquence may set fire to reason.

Every idea is an incitement... Eloquence may set fire to reason.

Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimension.

Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimension.

Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The...

Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The...

A thought is often original, though you have uttered it a hundred times.

A thought is often original, though you have uttered it a hundred times.

[I]t is revolting to have no better reason for a rule of law than that...

[I]t is revolting to have no better reason for a rule of law than that...

The great end of living is to harmonize man with the order of things

The great end of living is to harmonize man with the order of things

Man has will, but woman has her way.

Man has will, but woman has her way.

Nature has but one judgment on wrong conduct - if you can call that a...

Nature has but one judgment on wrong conduct - if you can call that a...

Whenever I prepare for a journey I prepare as though for death. Should I never...

Whenever I prepare for a journey I prepare as though for death. Should I never...

I have good hope that there is something after death.

I have good hope that there is something after death.