A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labour and an invisible labour.

A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labour and an invisible labour.

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.

Thought once awakened does not again slumber.

Thought once awakened does not again slumber.

I'll put that in my considering cap.

I'll put that in my considering cap.

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.

What exile from himself can flee?
To zones, though more and more remote,
Still, still pursues, where'er read more

What exile from himself can flee?
To zones, though more and more remote,
Still, still pursues, where'er I be,
The blight of life--the demon Thought.

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.

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!

The soul of God is poured into the world through the thoughts of men.

The soul of God is poured into the world through the thoughts of men.