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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,
Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.
Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.
A collection of rare thoughts is nothing less than a cabinet of intellectual gems.
A collection of rare thoughts is nothing less than a cabinet of intellectual gems.
Thought is valuable in proportion as it is generative.
Thought is valuable in proportion as it is generative.
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.
The ancestor of every action is a thought.
The ancestor of every action is a thought.
Arouse the mind without resting it on anything.
Arouse the mind without resting it on anything.
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.
