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The busiest of living agents are certain dead men's thoughts.
The busiest of living agents are certain dead men's thoughts.
My thoughts ran a wool-gathering.
My thoughts ran a wool-gathering.
Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.
Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.
Learning without thought is labor lost.
Learning without thought is labor lost.
No brain is stronger than its weakest think.
No brain is stronger than its weakest think.
No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought read more
No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.
Arouse the mind without resting it on anything.
Arouse the mind without resting it on anything.
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.
It is better to light 1 candle
than to curse the darkness.
It is better to light 1 candle
than to curse the darkness.