The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are moving.

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

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You make me chuckle when you say that you are no longer young, that you...

You make me chuckle when you say that you are no longer young, that you...

Any two philosophers can tell each other all they know in two hours.

Any two philosophers can tell each other all they know in two hours.

I despise making the most of one's time. Half of the pleasures of life consist...

I despise making the most of one's time. Half of the pleasures of life consist...

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

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

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 mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more light...

The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more light...

Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you...

Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you...

As life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should...

As life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should...

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

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

The rule of joy and the law of duty seem to me all one.

The rule of joy and the law of duty seem to me all one.

It seems to me that at this time we need education in the obvious more...

It seems to me that at this time we need education in the obvious more...

We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we...

We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we...

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

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

The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power.

The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power.

There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no...

There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no...

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.

A child's education should begin at least one hundred years before he is born.

A child's education should begin at least one hundred years before he is born.

Theories and goals of education don't matter a whit if you don't consider your students...

Theories and goals of education don't matter a whit if you don't consider your students...

It was in making education not only common to all, but in some sense compulsory...

It was in making education not only common to all, but in some sense compulsory...

The training of children is a profession, where we must know how to waste time...

The training of children is a profession, where we must know how to waste time...