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To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is a perpetual morning.
To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is a perpetual morning.
Original thoughts can be understood only in virtue of the
unoriginal elements which they contain.
Original thoughts can be understood only in virtue of the
unoriginal elements which they contain.
I've known countless people who were reservoirs of learning, yet never had a thought.
I've known countless people who were reservoirs of learning, yet never had a thought.
Arouse the mind without resting it on anything.
Arouse the mind without resting it on anything.
The first thought is often the best.
- Bishop Joseph Butler,
The first thought is often the best.
- Bishop Joseph Butler,
No brain is stronger than its weakest think.
No brain is stronger than its weakest think.
When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.
When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.
I'll put that in my considering cap.
I'll put that in my considering cap.
Old things need not be therefore true,
O brother men, nor yet the new;
Ah! still awhile read more
Old things need not be therefore true,
O brother men, nor yet the new;
Ah! still awhile the old thought retain,
And yet consider it again!
