Men's first thoughts in this matter are generally better than
their second; their natural notions better than those refin'd read more

Men's first thoughts in this matter are generally better than
their second; their natural notions better than those refin'd by
study, or consultation with casuists.
- Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury,

In indolent vacuity of thought.

In indolent vacuity of thought.

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.

Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.

Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.

Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.

A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from read more

A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from a thought is nothing at all.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and, as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of read more

The thoughts that come often unsought, and, as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought read more

No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.

The busiest of living agents are certain dead men's thoughts.

The busiest of living agents are certain dead men's thoughts.