Life is a great bundle of little things.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Topics: Life Quotes

Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.

Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.

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.

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...

Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit...

Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit...

To be civilized is to be potentially master of all possible ideas, and that means...

To be civilized is to be potentially master of all possible ideas, and that means...

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...

There is no time like the old time, when you and I were young!

There is no time like the old time, when you and I were young!

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in...

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in...

Old books, you know well, are books of the world's youth, and new books are...

Old books, you know well, are books of the world's youth, and new books are...

Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government.

Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government.

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

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

The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.

The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.

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.

Greatness is not in where we stand, but in what direction we are moving. We...

Greatness is not in where we stand, but in what direction we are moving. We...

If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than...

If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than...

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.

Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each...

Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each...

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

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

What an odd thing tourism is. You fly off to a strange land, eagerly abandoning...

What an odd thing tourism is. You fly off to a strange land, eagerly abandoning...

Well, this slum cost a lot of money. It should look better than an ordinary...

Well, this slum cost a lot of money. It should look better than an ordinary...

Trust everybody, but cut the cards

Trust everybody, but cut the cards