Only Quotes

The republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind.

Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates.

No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.

Dealing with backstabbers, there was one thing I learned. They're only powerful when you got your back turned.

I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.

A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness.

The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress.

It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought.

The only time a wife listens to her husband is when he's asleep.

Consciousness is our only reprieve from Time.

Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.

In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime.

Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing.

Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big.

Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing.

You're only as young as the last time you changed your mind.

The only way to find true happiness is to risk being completely cut open.

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

The generality of virtuous women are like hidden treasures, they are safe only because nobody has sought after them.

All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force... We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent Mind. This Mind is the matrix of all matter.

If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

The only time it dominates is during a solo, or when we play a low blues and I put figures in behind Eric's vocals. There's never any real problem fitting guitar and organ together.

The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.

And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.

Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.

Are not laws dangerous which inhibit the passions? Compare the centuries of anarchy with those of the strongest legalism in any country you like and you will see that it is only when the laws are silent that the greatest actions appear.

I can do most anything and not have a problem with it. The only time I have negative attention is when I run naked through the streets brandishing a handgun.

I do not at all understand the mystery of grace - only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.

You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.