Famous John Holmes Quotations

"To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend in the flow of language the sudden flash of poetry."

by John Holmes

"Priests are no more necessary to religion than politicians to patriotism"

by John Holmes

"Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both."

by John Andrew Holmes

"A good excercise for the heart is to bend down and help another up."

by John Andrew Holmes

"Evil is a fact not to be explained away, but to be accepted and accepted not to be endured, but to be conquered. It is a challenge neither to our reason nor to our patience, but to our courage."

by John Andrew Holmes

"It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."

by John Andrew Holmes

"It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others"

by John Andrew Holmes

"The stage lost a fine actor, just as science lost an acute reasoner, when he became a specialist in crime."

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

"The universe is not hostile, nor yet is it unfriendly. It is simply indifferent."

by John Andrew Holmes

"There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up."

by John Andrew Holmes

"Yes, we love peace, but we are not willing to take wounds for it, as we are for war."

by John Andrew Holmes