Quotes By Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.

The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more light you shine on it, the more it will contract.

The great act of faith is when a man decides he is not God.

To be seventy years young is sometimes for more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old.

We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe.

Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that were not so.

The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.

I despise making the most of one's time. Half of the pleasures of life consist of the opportunities one has neglected.

Life is an end in itself, and the only question as to whether it is worth living is whether you have had enough of it.