Inspirational Quotations by Oliver Wendell Holmes

  • A mind once stretched by a new idea
    never regains it original dimension.
    From Issue 45
  • The greatest thing in this world is
    not so much where we are,
    but in what direction we are moving.
    From Issue 68
  • Man's mind, stretched to a new idea
    never goes back to its original dimensions.
    From Issue 121
  • Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.
    From Issue 217
  • The best of a book is not the thought which it contains,
    but the thought which it suggests.
    From Issue 245
  • The great thing in this world is not so much where we stand,
    as in what direction we are moving.
    From Issue 276

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