One's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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

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

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...

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

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

The great end of living is to harmonize man with the order of things

The great end of living is to harmonize man with the order of things

The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men -...

The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men -...

We do not quit playing because we grow old, we grow old because we quit...

We do not quit playing because we grow old, we grow old because we quit...

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

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

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...

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.

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.

The greatest act of faith is when a man understands he is not God.

The greatest act of faith is when a man understands he is not God.

Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often...

Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often...

It is very lonely sometimes, trying to play God.

It is very lonely sometimes, trying to play God.

I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing... and he...

I won't accept anything less than the best a player's capable of doing... and he...

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...

A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot...

A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot...

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...

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...

Beware how you take away hope from another human being.

Beware how you take away hope from another human being.

Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than in the one where they...

Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than in the one where they...