And silence, like a poultice, comes to heal the blows of sound

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Topics: Silence Quotes

The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men -...

The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men -...

Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust

Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust

Have the courage to act instead of react.

Have the courage to act instead of react.

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.

Love is the master key which opens the gates of happiness.

Love is the master key which opens the gates of happiness.

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

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

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.

Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by children.

Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by children.

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...

Love is the master key opens the gates of happiness.

Love is the master key opens the gates of happiness.

If a hug represented how much I loved you, I would hold you in my...

If a hug represented how much I loved you, I would hold you in my...

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

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

One flag, one land, one heart, one hand, One Nation evermore!

One flag, one land, one heart, one hand, One Nation evermore!

Love prefers twilight to daylight.

Love prefers twilight to daylight.

Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future

Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future

Most people are willing to take the Sermon on the Mount as a flag to...

Most people are willing to take the Sermon on the Mount as a flag to...

A person is always startled when he hears himself called old for the first time.

A person is always startled when he hears himself called old for the first time.

Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see...

Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see...

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.

If I were dying my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown...

If I were dying my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown...