The very aim and end of our ...

The very aim and end of our institutions is just this: that we may think what we like and say what we think.
The very aim and end of our institutions is just this: that we may think what we like and say what we think.
 Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

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Being self-made is a state of mind, and once you put that mentality to work, your success will come.
 Dave East
A lot of people change for good. Some people just fall off. Just trying to progress in anything, no matter what you're doing, I feel like any progression you make... some people aren't gonna be around you that were around you.
 Dave East
If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
You have inside you the capacity to invest your mental, emotional, and spiritual gifts in a way that glorifies God, impacts the world, and satisfies your own soul. I believe that-and I want you to believe it, too.
 David Jeremiah

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Youth fades, love droops, the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope outlives them all.
 Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men - from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms.
 Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.
 Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.
 Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.
 Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.