Oliver Wendell Holmes

A man may fulfil the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task read more

A man may fulfil the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve.

The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the read more

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

The mode in which the inevitable comes to pass is through effort.

The mode in which the inevitable comes to pass is through effort.

Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is read more

Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water bath is to the body.

I think that, as life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the read more

I think that, as life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of his time at peril of being judged not to have lived.