The ancestor of every action is a thought.

The ancestor of every action is a 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.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

Nay, in every epoch of the world, the great event, parent of all
others, is it not the arrival read more

Nay, in every epoch of the world, the great event, parent of all
others, is it not the arrival of a Thinker in the world?

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.

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.

With curious art the brain, too finely wrought,
Preys on herself, and is destroyed by thought.

With curious art the brain, too finely wrought,
Preys on herself, and is destroyed by thought.

A collection of rare thoughts is nothing less than a cabinet of intellectual gems.

A collection of rare thoughts is nothing less than a cabinet of intellectual gems.