The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Happiness consists in activity. It is running steam, not a stagnant pool.

Happiness consists in activity. It is running steam, not a stagnant pool.

Controversy equalizes fools and wise men - and the fools know it.

Controversy equalizes fools and wise men - and the fools know it.

The man flaps about with a bunch of feathers: the woman goes to work softly...

The man flaps about with a bunch of feathers: the woman goes to work softly...

Death tugs at my ear and says: Live, I am coming.

Death tugs at my ear and says: Live, I am coming.

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it....

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it....

If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than...

If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than...

Beauty is the index of a larger fact than wisdom.

Beauty is the index of a larger fact than wisdom.

To be civilized is to be potentially master of all possible ideas, and that means...

To be civilized is to be potentially master of all possible ideas, and that means...

Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one,...

Do not be bullied out of your common sense by the specialist; two to one,...

But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.

But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.

Memories, imagination, old sentiments, and associations are more readily reached through the sense of smell...

Memories, imagination, old sentiments, and associations are more readily reached through the sense of smell...

He has half the deed done who has made a beginning.

He has half the deed done who has made a beginning.

I think that, as life is action and passion, it is required of a man...

I think that, as life is action and passion, it is required of a man...

The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms. Very often it does...

The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms. Very often it does...

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in...

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in...

Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our...

Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our...

Don't you stay at home of evenings? Don you love a cushioned seat in a...

Don't you stay at home of evenings? Don you love a cushioned seat in a...

The bigot is like the pupil of the eye, the more light you put upon...

The bigot is like the pupil of the eye, the more light you put upon...

What a sad era when it is easier to smash an atom than a prejudice.

What a sad era when it is easier to smash an atom than a prejudice.

Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has.

Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has.