The greatest tragedy in America is not the destruction of our natural resources, though that tragedy is great. The truly great tragedy is the destruction of our human resources by our failure to fully utilize our abilities, which means that…

Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

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For him in vain the envious seasons roll, Who bears eternal summer in his soul.

For him in vain the envious seasons roll, Who bears eternal summer in his soul.

Memory is a net: one that finds it full of fish when he takes it...

Memory is a net: one that finds it full of fish when he takes it...

Love prefers twilight to daylight.

Love prefers twilight to daylight.

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...

Our brains are seventy-year clocks. The Angel of Life winds them up once for all,...

Our brains are seventy-year clocks. The Angel of Life winds them up once for all,...

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.

Consciously or unconsciously we all strive to make the kind of a world we like

Consciously or unconsciously we all strive to make the kind of a world we like

Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end.

Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end.

Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.

Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.

Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.

Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.

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.

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...

There is something frightful in the way in which not only characteristic qualities, but particular...

There is something frightful in the way in which not only characteristic qualities, but particular...

Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.

Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.

Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics of the...

Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics of the...

Every real thought on every real subject knocks the wind out of somebody or other.

Every real thought on every real subject knocks the wind out of somebody or other.

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.

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...

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...

Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding.

Stillness of person and steadiness of features are signal marks of good breeding.