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

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.

Man, an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.

Man, an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.

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...

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...

Lots of times you have to pretend to join a parade in which you're not...

Lots of times you have to pretend to join a parade in which you're not...

There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your...

There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your...

It is unfair to blame man too fiercely for being pugnacious; he learned the habit...

It is unfair to blame man too fiercely for being pugnacious; he learned the habit...

The enemies of the future are always the very nicest people.

The enemies of the future are always the very nicest people.

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.

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.

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.

High heels were invented by a woman who had been kissed on the forehead.

High heels were invented by a woman who had been kissed on the forehead.

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...

Life is a foreign language: all men mispronounce it.

Life is a foreign language: all men mispronounce it.

Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of...

Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of...

There is only one rule for being a good talker - learn to listen.

There is only one rule for being a good talker - learn to listen.

It is unfair to blame man too fiercely for being pugnacious; he learned the habit...

It is unfair to blame man too fiercely for being pugnacious; he learned the habit...

Nature abhors a vacuum but why do most people hasten to fill in the blanks...

Nature abhors a vacuum but why do most people hasten to fill in the blanks...

Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.

Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.