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

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.

To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.

Husband and wife come to look alike at last

Husband and wife come to look alike at last

A goose flies by a chart which the Royal Geographical Society could not mend.

A goose flies by a chart which the Royal Geographical Society could not mend.

Beware how you take away hope from another human being.

Beware how you take away hope from another human being.

Grow we must, if we outgrow all that loves us.

Grow we must, if we outgrow all that loves us.

Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each...

Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each...

Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.

Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.

It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.

It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.

My fee, if I select the subject, is $150; if your committee selects the subject,...

My fee, if I select the subject, is $150; if your committee selects the subject,...

Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has...

Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has...

Beware how you take away hope from any human being

Beware how you take away hope from any human being

Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtaxed.

Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtaxed.

The man who is always worrying about whether or not his soul would be damned...

The man who is always worrying about whether or not his soul would be damned...

Man has will, but woman has her way.

Man has will, but woman has her way.

Man's mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions.

Man's mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions.

Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.

Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.

The very aim and end of our institutions is just this: that we may think...

The very aim and end of our institutions is just this: that we may think...

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

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

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 advice of the elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal...

The advice of the elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal...