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Arouse the mind without resting it on anything.
Arouse the mind without resting it on anything.
The first thought is often the best.
- Bishop Joseph Butler,
The first thought is often the best.
- Bishop Joseph Butler,
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.
It is better to light 1 candle
than to curse the darkness.
It is better to light 1 candle
than to curse the darkness.
A man is what he thinks about all day long.
A man is what he thinks about all day long.
To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is a perpetual morning.
To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is a perpetual morning.
Ah! still awhile the old thought retain,
And yet consider it again!
Ah! still awhile the old thought retain,
And yet consider it again!
The thoughts that come often unsought, and, as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of read more
The thoughts that come often unsought, and, as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.
Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.
Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.
