Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

mind streched by new idea

“Once the mind has been stretched by a new idea, it will never again return to its original size.”

— Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841-1935)

stumbled over vs. kicked

“Even a dog distinguishes between being stumbled over and being kicked.”

— Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841-1935)

quit playing - getting old

“Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing.”

— Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841-1935)

quiet of storm centre

“We are very quiet there, but it is the quiet of a storm centre.”

— Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841-1935)

thought shrink to mediocricity

“The very minute a thought is threatened with publicity it seems to shrink towards mediocrity.”

— Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841-1935)