Dr. J. A. Holmes Quotes
We are born to create, and we can't help it. Why is that? Because God, the great Creator, is in us.
I think people can benefit tremendously from really asking why they're doing certain things.
Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another.
The whole thing resolves itself into our mental ability to control our thought. The man who can do this can have what he wants, can do what he wishes and becomes what he wills.
The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.
The man of action has the present, but the thinker controls the future.
The morning cup of coffee has an exhilaration about it which the cheering influence of the afternoon or evening cup of tea cannot be expected to reproduce.
There was never an idea started that woke up men out of their stupid indifference but its originator was spoken of as a crank.
Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend.
The road to freedom lies not through mysteries or occult performances, but through the intelligent use of natural forces and laws.
The root of joy, as of duty, is to put all one's powers towards some great end.
With a penetrating vision you can dissipate the obstruction, remove the obstacle, dissolve the wrong condition.
The truth is true wherever you find it. Remember, sugar is sweet whether you find it in a sugar bowl or a dust pan.
..Whoever dewlls on beauty tends to become beautiful; there will be a grace and charm to expressing itself through that person which no one can fail to recognize and appreciate.
It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.
I think a lot of young people have incredible ideas and incredible insights, but sometimes they wait before they go give their life to something. What I did was just to start a little earlier.
Liberty is often a heavy burden on a man. It involves the necessity for perpetual choice which is the kind of labor men have always dreaded.
Why can't somebody give us a list of things that everybody thinks and nobody says, and another list of things that everybody says and nobody thinks?
One ought to be against racism and sexism because they are wrong, not because one is black or one is female.
There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no greeting like his welcome, no homage like his praise.
Whatever comes from the brain carries the hue of the place it came from, and whatever comes from the heart carries the heat and color of its birthplace.
A constant realization of the presence of Spirit will provide a sense of Divine Companionship that no other attitude could produce.
I got caught kissing. Like by my parents. It was so horrible. It's so embarrassing, I'm blushing.
Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It was given to us to learn at the outset that life is a profound and passionate thing.
The great spiritual geniuses, whether it was Moses, Buddha, Plato, Socrates, Jesus, or Emerson..... have taught man to look within himself to find God.
I think it not improbable that man, like the grub that prepares a chamber for the winged thing it never has seen but is to be - that man may have cosmic destinies that he does not understand.
Fundamentally, the answers to our challenges in healthcare relies in engaging and empowering the individual.
Gratitude is one of the chief graces of human existence and is crowned in heaven with a consciousness of unity.
I believe in the unlimited power of women in the context of science and engineering.
As you discover your daily good, and believe in it, and think about it, expect it to continue.
The Divine Plan is one of Freedom. The inherent nature of man is ever seeking to express itself in terms of freedom, because freedom is the birthright of every living soul.
You have a grand gift for silence, Watson. It makes you quite invaluable as a companion.
When once your point of view is changed, the very thing which was so damning becomes a clue to the truth.