The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are moving.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

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

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

Young man, the secret of my success is that an early age I discovered that...

Young man, the secret of my success is that an early age I discovered that...

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

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

There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no...

There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no...

A man is usually more careful of his money than of his principles.

A man is usually more careful of his money than of his principles.

A child's education should begin at least one hundred years before he is born.

A child's education should begin at least one hundred years before he is born.

I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing...

I have no respect for the passion of equality, which seems to me merely idealizing...

The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more light...

The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more light...

Beware how you take away hope from any human being.

Beware how you take away hope from any human being.

Every event that a man would master must be mounted on the run, and no...

Every event that a man would master must be mounted on the run, and no...

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

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

Don't be 'consistent,' but be simply true.

Don't be 'consistent,' but be simply true.

Most of the things we do, we do for no better reason than that our...

Most of the things we do, we do for no better reason than that our...

Man's mind, stretched by a new idea, never goes back to its original dimensions.

Man's mind, stretched by a new idea, never goes back to its original dimensions.

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

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

This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.

This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.

This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.

This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a...

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a...

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

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

To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.

To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.