Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.

Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.

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.

I'll put that in my considering cap.

I'll put that in my considering cap.

When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy.

When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy.

No brain is stronger than its weakest think.

No brain is stronger than its weakest think.

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!

Learning without thought is labor lost.

Learning without thought is labor lost.

Thought must be divided against itself before it can come to any knowledge of itself.

Thought must be divided against itself before it can come to any knowledge of itself.

Thought is valuable in proportion as it is generative.

Thought is valuable in proportion as it is generative.