Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Quotes About Atheism
-
The man who is always worrying about whether or not his soul would be damned generally has a soul that isn't worth a damn.
→ -
We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial, but it is indelible. You cannot educate a man wholly out of the superstitious fears which were early implanted in his imagination; no matter how utterly his reason may reject them...
→ -
The truth is that the whole system of beliefs which comes in with the story of the fall of man ... is gently falling out of enlightened human intelligence.
→ -
Have the courage to act instead of react.
→
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
- Born: August 29, 1809
- Died: October 7, 1894
- Occupation: Physician
Related Authors
-
James F. Cooper Writer -
James Thomas Fields Publisher -
Mark Twain Author -
Ralph Waldo Emerson Essayist -
Joseph Lister Surgeon -
Louisa May Alcott Novelist -
Matthew Pearl Novelist -
Washington Irving Author -
James Russell Lowell Poet -
Margaret Fuller Journalist -
Harold Laski Economist -
William Dean Howells Author -
Harriet Beecher Stowe Author -
-
-
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States -
Louis Pasteur Chemist -
Anne Bradstreet Poet -
Nathaniel Hawthorne Novelist -
William C. Bryant Poet
Popular Topics
- Designation
- Near And Far
- Military Industrial Complex
- Strong Roots
- Small Joys
- Protestantism
- Brave Soldiers
- Political Correctness
- Exciting Adventures
- Enjoy The Journey
- Getting Laid
- Advertising Agencies
- Losing Interest
- Christmas Song
- Busy
- Divine Mother
- Royal Palaces
- Steel Industry
- Estimation
- Can't Live Without You