We call a child's mind small simply by habit; perhaps it is larger than ours is, for it can take in almost anything without effort

Quote by Christopher Morley

Topics: Mind Quotes

People like to imagine that because all our mechanical equipment moves so much faster, that...

People like to imagine that because all our mechanical equipment moves so much faster, that...

Man, an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.

Man, an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.

We've had bad luck with children; they've all grown up

We've had bad luck with children; they've all grown up

Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really...

Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really...

The trouble with wedlock is that there's not enough wed and too much lock

The trouble with wedlock is that there's not enough wed and too much lock

Life is a foreign language: all men mispronounce it

Life is a foreign language: all men mispronounce it

Only the sinner has a right to preach

Only the sinner has a right to preach

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one...

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one...

A man who has never made a woman angry is a failure in life.

A man who has never made a woman angry is a failure in life.

We've had bad luck with our kids - they've all grown up.

We've had bad luck with our kids - they've all grown up.

Dancing is a wonderful training for girls, it's the first way you learn to guess...

Dancing is a wonderful training for girls, it's the first way you learn to guess...

When you sell a man a book, you don't sell him 12 ounces of paper...

When you sell a man a book, you don't sell him 12 ounces of paper...

In every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of...

In every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of...

If you have to keep reminding yourself of a thing, perhaps it isn't so.

If you have to keep reminding yourself of a thing, perhaps it isn't so.

There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning.

There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning.

My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed.

My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed.

Truth is the strong compost in which beauty may sometimes germinate

Truth is the strong compost in which beauty may sometimes germinate

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking.

It is natural for the mind to believe and for the will to love; so...

It is natural for the mind to believe and for the will to love; so...

Good advertising does not just circulate information. It penetrates the public mind with desires and...

Good advertising does not just circulate information. It penetrates the public mind with desires and...

Don't ever let anybody teach you to think; it is the curse of the world.

Don't ever let anybody teach you to think; it is the curse of the world.