"The Amen of nature is always a flower." — Oliver Wendell Holmes
"The Amen of nature is always a flower."
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
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166 Quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes has 166 quotes on this site.
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Yes, child of suffering, thou may'st well be sure He who ordained the Sabbath loves the poor!
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We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial, but it…
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I would never use a long word, even, where a short one would answer the purpose.
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We call those poets who are first to mark, Through earth's dull mist the coming of the dawn, Who see…
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The Indian is but a sketch in red crayon of a rudimental manhood. To the problem of his relation to…
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I firmly believe that if the whole material medica, as now used, could be sunk to the bottom of the…
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Youth longs and manhood strives, but age remembers.
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What we most want to ask of our Maker is an unfolding of the divine purpose in putting human beings…
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The sea drowns out humanity and time. It has no sympathy with either, for it belongs to eternity; and of…
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Whatever comes from the brain carries the hue of the place it came from, and whatever comes from the heart…
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The best servant does his work unseen.
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See how he throws his baited lines about,/And plays his men as anglers play their trout.
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More Amen Quotes
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I had many friends to help me to fall; but as to rising again, I was so much left to…
— Teresa of Avila
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I believe I have a calling. Do you know what that calling is? To stand up in a new and…
— Stephen Baldwin
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Lord of the springtime, Father of flower, field and fruit, smile on us in these earnest days when the work…
— W. E. B. Du Bois
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It is by means of these that we attain perfect love, through the grace and compassion of our Lord Jesus…
— John Cassian
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If I had a prayer, it would be this: "God, spare me from the desire for love, approval, or appreciation.…
— Byron Katie
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I am now about to make the great adventure. I cannot endure this agonizing pain any longer. It is all…
— Unknown Author
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The trouble with nearly everybody who prays is that he says 'Amen' and runs away before God has a chance…
— Frank Laubach
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Good morning, Lord! What are You up to today? Can I be a part of it? Thank You. Amen.
— Norman Grubb
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Let me rest in Your will and be silent. Then the light of Your joy will warm my life. Its…
— Thomas Merton
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But till we are built like angels, with hammer and chisel and pen, we will work for ourself and a…
— Rudyard Kipling
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Here a little child I stand, Heaving up my either hand; Cold as paddocks though they be, Here I lift…
— Robert Herrick
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I believe in Michelangelo, Velasquez, and Rembrandt; in the might of design, the mystery of color, the redemption of all…
— George Bernard Shaw
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