When you are dealing with a child, keep all your wits about you, and sit on the floor. Austin O'Malley More Quotes by Austin O'Malley More Quotes From Austin O'Malley Patience is moral elasticity. Austin O'Malley elasticitymoralpatience Take a quart of nature, boil it down to a pint, and the residue is art. Austin O'Malley pintsart You cannot knock a man down who will not stand up, nor argue with a skeptic. Austin O'Malley skepticismarguingmen Call it the Absolute, the Ideal, Perfection, Sanctity, Decency, or what you will, but strive toward it or you will smother in the morass. Austin O'Malley sanctitystriveperfection Gold is so heavy it settles down upon the lowest souls. Austin O'Malley settlingsoulgold If you cultivate piety as an end and not a means, you will become a hypocrite. Austin O'Malley hypocriteendsmean Love is a boomerang that returns to the thrower's hand. Austin O'Malley returnlovehands We are plated with piety, not alloyed with it. Austin O'Malley piety The only thing on earth that can determine itself is a human soul. Austin O'Malley determinesoulearth We smile at the women who are eagerly following the fashions in dress whilst we are as eagerly following the fashions in thought. Austin O'Malley followingfashiondresses We use religion like a trolley-car--we ride on it only while it is going our way. Austin O'Malley carusereligion The Devil is not afraid to sit on an altar. Austin O'Malley not-afraiddevilaltars The collision of a great man with a great idea strikes fire in dry flax. Austin O'Malley firemenideas Most reformers, like a pair of trousers on a windy clothesline, go through a vast deal of vehement motion, but stay in the same place. Austin O'Malley vehementpairsreform The only real change in life comes with the consciousness of old age. Austin O'Malley life-changingrealage You cannot chase a dollar and an ideal at the same time. Austin O'Malley idealismidealsdollars We must be laid like a brand in the fire ... if we would gain immortal youth. Austin O'Malley youthgainsfire You can't change the world But you can change the facts And when you change the facts You change points of view If you change points of view You may change a vote And when you change a vote You may change the world Austin O'Malley votingviewsfacts You cannot gather much truth by searching the fields; you must sink shafts. Austin O'Malley fieldstruth The only thing in the world we really possess is our knowledge of the truth. Austin O'Malley truthworld
