The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men - from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Topics: Women Quotes

We do not quit playing because we grow old, we grow old because we quit...

We do not quit playing because we grow old, we grow old because we quit...

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

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

Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.

Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.

When in doubt, do it.

When in doubt, do it.

If truth were not often suggested by error, if old implements could not be adjusted...

If truth were not often suggested by error, if old implements could not be adjusted...

The advice of the elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal...

The advice of the elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal...

To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.

To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.

The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great...

The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great...

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...

A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were...

A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were...

Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light

Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light

Every real thought on every real subject knocks the wind out of somebody or other.

Every real thought on every real subject knocks the wind out of somebody or other.

Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our...

Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our...

Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.

Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.

Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them.

Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them.

Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of...

Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of...

It is far from easy to determine whether she (Nature) has proved to man a...

It is far from easy to determine whether she (Nature) has proved to man a...

Society is always trying in some way to grind us down to a single flat...

Society is always trying in some way to grind us down to a single flat...

Let him who expects one class of society to prosper into highest degree, while the...

Let him who expects one class of society to prosper into highest degree, while the...

Society is composed of two great classes: those who have more dinners than appetite, and...

Society is composed of two great classes: those who have more dinners than appetite, and...