Quotes from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimension.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtaxed.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
On every stem, on every leaf ... and at the root of everything that grew, was a professional specialist in the shape of grub, caterpillar, aphis, or other expert, whose business it was to devour that particular part.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
A few can touch the magic string, and noisy fame is proud to win them: Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them!
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
The Amen of nature is always a flower.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Rough work, iconoclasm, but the only way to get at truth.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Memories, imagination, old sentiments, and associations are more readily reached through the sense of smell than through any other channel.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
A new untruth is better than an old truth.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.