Arthur F. Holmes Quotes

#1. Again and again the old groupings of left and right no longer seem helpful. Sloganeering and dogmatizing settle nothing, nor do emotional tirades and protests really help us sort things through in a thoughtful, biblical fashion.

Arthur F. Holmes

#2. All truth is God's truth.

Arthur F. Holmes

#3. The question to ask about education is not 'What can I do with it?' That is the wrong question because it concentrates on instrumental values and reduces everything to a useful art. The right question is rather 'What can it do to me?

Arthur F. Holmes

#4. The witness of solid moral character to a righteous way of life must never be underestimated.

Arthur F. Holmes

#5. Language itself is so value-laden as to render value-neutrality almost impossible. Growing up in England I was introduced to the American Revolution by a 'footnote' to colonial history about the 'revolt' of the American colonies. Word choice and the organization of material gave the game away.

Arthur F. Holmes