The longing for certainty... is in every human mind. But certainty is generally illusion.

The language of judicial decision is mainly the language of logic. And the logical method and form flatter that longing for certainty and for repose which is in every human mind. But certainty generally is illusion, and repose is not the destiny of man.

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

A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.

The mind, once expanded to the dimensions of bigger ideas, never returns to its original size.

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