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The ancestor of every action is a thought.
The ancestor of every action is a thought.
My thoughts ran a wool-gathering.
My thoughts ran a wool-gathering.
I stood
Among them, but not of them: in a shroud
Of thoughts which were not their read more
I stood
Among them, but not of them: in a shroud
Of thoughts which were not their thoughts.
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.
Learning without thought is labor lost.
Learning without thought is labor lost.
A man is what he thinks about all day long.
A man is what he thinks about all day long.
Arouse the mind without resting it on anything.
Arouse the mind without resting it on anything.
Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.
Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.
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,
