Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“The advice of the elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as a list of the hundred best books.”

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

“I think that we should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe and believe to be fraught with death, unless they so imminently threaten immediate interference with the lawful and pressing purposes of the law that an immediate check is required to save the country.”

“It seems to me that at this time we need education in the obvious more than investigation of the obscure.”

“Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It was given to us to learn at the outset that life is a profound and passionate thing.”

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

“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.”

“Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see no remedy but force.”

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

“Every calling is great when greatly pursued.”