You commit a sin of omission if you do not utilize all the power that is within you. All men have claims on man, and to the man with special talents, this is a very special claim. It is required…

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

Topics: Action Quotes, Sin Quotes

The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more light...

The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more light...

The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power.

The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power.

The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins.

The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins.

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...

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

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

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.

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.

The rule of joy and the law of duty seem to me all one.

The rule of joy and the law of duty seem to me all one.

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...

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...

A man is usually more careful of his money than of his principles.

A man is usually more careful of his money than of his principles.

I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing...

I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing...

Man's mind, stretched by a new idea, never goes back to its original dimensions.

Man's mind, stretched by a new idea, never goes back to its original dimensions.

There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no...

There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no...

It seems to me that at this time we need education in the obvious more...

It seems to me that at this time we need education in the obvious more...

Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within the hearsay of little...

Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within the hearsay of little...

It is only the ignorant who despise education.

It is only the ignorant who despise education.

The object of education is to give man the unity of truth. Formerly, when life...

The object of education is to give man the unity of truth. Formerly, when life...