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All thought is a feat of association; having what's in front of you bring up something in your mind that read more
All thought is a feat of association; having what's in front of you bring up something in your mind that you almost didn't know you knew.
Arouse the mind without resting it on anything.
Arouse the mind without resting it on anything.
My thoughts ran a wool-gathering.
My thoughts ran a wool-gathering.
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,
In indolent vacuity of thought.
In indolent vacuity of thought.
Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.
Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.
Original thoughts can be understood only in virtue of the
unoriginal elements which they contain.
Original thoughts can be understood only in virtue of the
unoriginal elements which they contain.
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.
