Quotes by Holmes Jr., Oliver Wendell

I confess that altruistic and cynically selfish talk seem to me about >>

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

The main part of intellectual education is not the acquisition of fact >>

Quotations about Humility

It is no great thing to be humble when you are brought low; but to be >>

With all humility, I think, Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it w >>

Study the best and highest things that are; but of yourself humble tho >>

I confess that altruistic and cynically selfish talk seem to me about equally unreal. With all humility, I think whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might, infinitely more important than the vain attempt to love one's neighbor as one's self. If you want to hit a bird on the wing you must have all your will in focus, you must not be thinking about yourself, and equally, you must not be thinking about your neighbor; you must be living with your eye on that bird. Every achievement is a bird on the wing.

Holmes Jr., Oliver Wendell