"Every real thought on every real subject..." - Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr
Every real thought on every real subject knocks the wind out of somebody or other.
More by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr
“Whatever comes from the brain carries the hue of the place it came from, and whatever comes from the heart carries the heat and color of its birthplace.”
“Every library should try to be complete on something, if it were only the history of pinheads.”
“Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.”
More on Truth
“Truth is only an illusion we have forgotten is an illusion.”
“But chiefly, no lies! No lies about there being a Santa Claus or about the world being full of noble and honorable people all eager to help each other and do good to each other. I'll tell her there are honor and goodness in the world, the same as there are diamonds and radium.”
“The two principles of truth, reason and senses, are not only both not genuine, but are engaged in mutual deception. The senses deceive reason through false appearances, and the senses are disturbed by passions, which produce false impressions.”
More on Thought
“A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan.”
“She says it has nothing to do with what you look like, or what you have. It has only to do with what you think of and what you do.”
“Our achievements of today are but the sum total of our thoughts of yesterday. You are today where the thoughts of yesterday have brought you and you will be tomorrow where the thoughts of today take you.”