Wholly Quotes

630 Wholly quotes by 464 unique authors

One essential of a free government is that it rest wholly on voluntary support. And one certain proof that a government is not free, is… — Lysander Spooner
To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life. — Robert Louis Stevenson
When I'm writing, I am concentrating almost wholly on concrete detail: the color a room is painted, the way a drop of water rolls off… — Donna Tartt
There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know.… — Henry David Thoreau
We are half ruined by conformity, but we should be wholly ruined without it. — Charles Dudley Warner
Whatsoever is done out of pure love, be it ever so little or contemptible in the sight of men, is wholly fruitful; for God measures… — Ellen G. White
The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun. — P.G. Wodehouse
I am only resolved to act in that manner, which will, in my own opinion, constitute my happiness, without reference to you, or to any… — Jane Austen
since feeling is first who pays any attention to the syntax of things will never wholly kiss you; wholly to be a fool while Spring… — E E Cummings
They gave themselves up wholly to their sorrow, seeking increase of wretchedness in every reflection that could afford it, and resolved against ever admitting consolation… — Jane Austen
I am no lover of disorder and doubt as such. Rather I fear to lose truth by the pretension to possess it already wholly. — William James
We were so wholly one I had not thought That we could die apart. I had not thought That I could move,—and you be stiff… — Edna St. Vincent Millay
I will tell you what I will do and what I will not do. I will not serve that in which I no longer believe,… — James Joyce
Not being tense but ready. Not thinking but not dreaming. Not being set but flexible. Liberation from the uneasy sense of confinement. It is being… — Bruce Lee
All my life, I thought of love as some kind of voluntary enslavement. Well, that's a lie: freedom only exists when love is present. The… — Paulo Coelho
I am but a poor struggling soul yearning to be wholly good, wholly truthful and wholly non-violent in thought, word and deed, but ever failing… — Mahatma Gandhi
Had I known that the heart breaks slowly, dismantling itself into unrecognizable plots of misery... had I known yet I would have loved you, your… — Maya Angelou
Need-love says of a woman, "I cannot live without her"; Gift-love longs to give her happiness, comfort, protection...appreciative love gazes and holds its breath and… — C.S. Lewis
This is faith: a renouncing of everything we are apt to call our own and relying wholly upon the blood, righteousness and intercession of Jesus. — John Newton
Gentle reader, may you never feel what I then felt! May your eyes never shed such stormy, scalding, heart-wrung tears as poured from mine. May… — Charlotte Bronte
Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. Some… — Francis Bacon
But there are people who take salt with their coffee. They say it gives a tang, a savour, which is peculiar and fascinating. In the… — W. Somerset Maugham
He was at his own request and through his own complicity driven out of all his happinesses one after the other; and he had this… — Victor Hugo
To my mind it is wholly irresponsible to go into the world incapable of preventing violence, injury, crime, and death. How feeble is the mindset… — Ted Nugent
wholly to be a fool while Spring is in the world my blood approves, and kisses are a far better fate than wisdom lady i… — E E Cummings

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