The great act of faith is when a man decides he is not God.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

Topics: God Quotes

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.

People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail.

People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail.

Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at the touch, nay, you...

Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at the touch, nay, you...

Life is an end in itself, and the only question as to whether it is...

Life is an end in itself, and the only question as to whether it is...

Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you...

Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you...

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.

Nothing is so commonplace has the wish to be remarkable.

To be seventy years young is sometimes for more cheerful and hopeful than to be...

To be seventy years young is sometimes for more cheerful and hopeful than to be...

Beware how you take away hope from any human being.

Beware how you take away hope from any human being.

Carve every word before you let it fall.

Carve every word before you let it fall.

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a...

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a...

You make me chuckle when you say that you are no longer young, that you...

You make me chuckle when you say that you are no longer young, that you...

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.

A new and valid idea is worth more than a regiment and fewer men can...

A new and valid idea is worth more than a regiment and fewer men can...

As life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should...

As life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should...

This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.

This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.

A child's education should begin at least one hundred years before he is born.

A child's education should begin at least one hundred years before he is born.

Life is action and passion; therefore, it is required of a man that he should...

Life is action and passion; therefore, it is required of a man that he should...

It is best, it seems to me, to separate one's inner striving from one's trade...

It is best, it seems to me, to separate one's inner striving from one's trade...

Someone said that God gave us memories so that we might have roses in December

Someone said that God gave us memories so that we might have roses in December

Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them

Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them