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.

What we think, we become.

What we think, we become.

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.

Upon the cunning loom of thought
We weave our fancies, so and so.

Upon the cunning loom of thought
We weave our fancies, so and so.

Whatsoe'er thy birth,
Thou wert a beautiful thought and softly bodied forth.

Whatsoe'er thy birth,
Thou wert a beautiful thought and softly bodied forth.

Arouse the mind without resting it on anything.

Arouse the mind without resting it on anything.

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.

One thought fills immensity.

One thought fills immensity.