Associate reverently, as much as you can, with your loftiest thoughts.

Associate reverently, as much as you can, with your loftiest thoughts.

My thoughts ran a wool-gathering.

My thoughts ran a wool-gathering.

The kings of modern thought are dumb.

The kings of modern thought are dumb.

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.

Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.

Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.

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.

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,

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.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a
thought without accepting it.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a
thought without accepting it.