A mind that is stretched by a new experience
by Oliver Wendell Holmes
A mind that is stretched by a new experience
an never go back to its old dimensions.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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Sayings by Oliver Wendell Holmes
When in doubt, do it.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
If you don't know what you want, you will probably never get it.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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Apology is only egotism wrong side out.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Alas for those that never sing,
But die with all their music in them!
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Some people are so heavenly minded
that they are no earthly good.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea,
never regains its original dimensions.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
It is the province of knowledge to speak,
and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
A mind, once stretched by a new idea,
never regains its original dimensions.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
To be seventy years young is sometimes
far more cheerful and hopeful
than to be forty years old.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Mind Sayings
The key to forgiveness is to forgive from the heart -
not from the mind.
- Sheri Rosenthal
Beware the Rattlesnake of the Mind.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The mind is not a vessel to be filled
but a fire to be kindled.
- Plutarch
To the mind that is still,
the whole universe surrenders.
- Lao Tzu
You can do anything you put your mind to.
- Anonymous
Dare to be naive.
- Buckminster Fuller
Education is not the filling of a pail,
but the lighting of a fire.
- William Butler Yeats
The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing.
- Publilius Syrus
Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as
your own unguarded thoughts.
- The Buddha
I open my mind to Spirit.
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Whatever the mind can conceive and believe,
it can achieve.
- Napoleon Hill
My Mind Sparks; My Soul Sparkles.
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The human mind is our fundamental resource.
- John F. Kennedy
Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
Within my mind, the sun always shines,
and the sky is always blue.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Bringing a childlike wonder
and a beginner's mind to life
maximizes both success and joy.
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I am the poet of my mind.
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The highest possible stage in moral culture
is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.
- Charles Darwin
No problem can be solved from the same level
of consciousness that created it.
- Albert Einstein
Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind,
than on outward circumstances.
- Benjamin Franklin
I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge.
- Gerald Jampolsky
Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
- Mencius
I CHOOSE with Open Mind and Open Heart.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
I believe that every human mind feels pleasure
in doing good to another.
- Thomas Jefferson
Open your mind, open your heart,
and the way to joy becomes clear.
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A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.
- Charlotte Bronte
The heart is the chief feature of a functioning mind.
- Frank Lloyd Wright
Words are a lens to focus one's mind.
- Ayn Rand
May your mind whirl joyful cartwheels of creativity.
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Knowledge is of the mind, wisdom is of the soul.
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The mind has exactly the same power as the hands:
not merely to grasp the world, but to change it.
- Colin Wilson
Nothing is at last sacred, but the integrity of your own mind.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Begin with the end in mind.
- Stephen Covey
I lay aside the battles within my own mind,
and grant myself peace.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe,
that lures him to evil ways.
- The Buddha
Nothing is so firmly believed as what is least known.
- Michel de Montaigne
Happiness is a state of mind.
- Anonymous
It is not enough to have a good mind,
the main thing is to use it well.
- Rene Descartes
The most dangerous phrase in the language is,
"We've always done it this way."
- Grace Hopper
I come with an Open Mind, Clean Hands, and a Loving Heart.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.
- Dale Carnegie
I open my mind to Spirit, and trust my intuition
to deliver inspiring visions of my future.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You must not under any pretense allow
your mind to dwell on any thought
that is not positive, constructive, optimistic, kind.
- Emmet Fox
When the heart-mind opens, the nectar of its flower is Joy.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
For every minute you remain angry,
you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Other people do not have to change
for us to experience peace of mind.
- Gerald Jampolsky
Do not dwell in the past,
do not dream of the future,
concentrate the mind on the present moment.
- The Buddha
You will never do anything in this world without courage.
It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.
- James Allen
Intuition will tell the thinking mind where to look next.
- Jonas Salk
Dream with Powerful Vision:
I open my mind to Spirit,
and trust my intuition to deliver inspiring visions of my future.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light,
but by making the darkness conscious.
- Carl Jung
Never mind what others do;
do better than yourself,
beat your own record from day to day,
and you are a success.
- William J. H. Boetcker
I come to life with an Open Mind,
Clean Hands, and a Loving Heart.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Mind what people do, not only what they say,
for deeds will betray a lie.
- Terry Goodkind
A closed mind is like a closed book;
just a block of wood.
- Chinese proverb
Instead of dwelling on negative thoughts,
cause your mind to dwell on peace and joy.
- Ernest Holmes
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself -
and you are the easiest person to fool.
- Richard Feynman
There comes a time when the mind
takes a higher plane of knowledge
but can never prove how it got there.
- Albert Einstein
Know that miracles are the natural way of the Universe
Your only job is to move your doubting mind out of the way.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
We are shaped by our thoughts;
we become what we think.
When the mind is pure, joy follows
like a shadow that never leaves.
- The Buddha
All wrong-doing arises because of mind.
If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?
- The Buddha
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