Quotes of Omission - somelinesforyou

“ Just the omission of Jane Austen's books alone would make a fairly good library out of a library that hadn't a book in it. ”

- Mark Twain

“ In making up the character of God, the old theologians failed to mention that He is of infinite cheerfulness. The omission has caused the world much tribulation. ”

- Michael Monahan

“ The great omission in American life is solitude… that zone of time and space, free from the outside pressures, which is the incinerator of the spirit. ”

- Marya Mannes

“ A man does not sin by commission only, but often by omission. ”

- Marcus Aurelius

“ I now perceive one immense omission in my psychology — the deepest principle of Human Nature is the craving to be appreciated. ”

- William James

“ In medicine sins of commission are mortal, sins of omission are venial. ”

- Theodore Tronchin

“ Most of us fall short much more by omission than by commission. While the world perishes we go our way: purposeless, passionless, day after day. ”

- Peace Pilgrim

“ Shed, as you do your garments, your daily sins, whether of omission or commission, and you will wake a free man, with a new life. ”

- Sir William Osler

“ I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done. ”

- Lucille Ball

“ In aid, the proper attitude is one omitting gratitude. ”

- Marya Mannes
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