The great thing in this world is not so much where we are but in what direction we are moving.

Oliver Wendell Holmes
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  1. A mind stretched by a new ideanever shrinks back to its original proportions. ~

  2. To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.

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