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

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Topics: Reality Quotes

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...

Controversy equalizes fools and wise men - and the fools know it.

Controversy equalizes fools and wise men - and the fools know it.

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

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

A new untruth is better than an old truth.

A new untruth is better than an old truth.

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...

I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing... and he...

I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing... and he...

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...

Memory is a net: one that finds it full of fish when he takes it...

Memory is a net: one that finds it full of fish when he takes it...

The woman cries before the wedding; the man afterward.

The woman cries before the wedding; the man afterward.

A goose flies by a chart which the Royal Geographical Society could not mend.

A goose flies by a chart which the Royal Geographical Society could not mend.

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...

Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays, the pleasing game of interchanging praise.

Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays, the pleasing game of interchanging praise.

I think that, as life is action and passion, it is required of a man...

I think that, as life is action and passion, it is required of a man...

Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which...

Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which...

Love prefers twilight to daylight.

Love prefers twilight to daylight.

He has half the deed done who has made a beginning.

He has half the deed done who has made a beginning.

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 aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge...

The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge...

Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.

Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.

Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many.

Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many.

The question shouldn't be is there life after death but is there life before death...

The question shouldn't be is there life after death but is there life before death...

I think that we may safely trust a good deal more than we do. We...

I think that we may safely trust a good deal more than we do. We...

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the...

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the...