All that we are is the result of what we have thought.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought.

A library is thought in cold storage.

A library is thought in cold storage.

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.

When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.

First thoughts are not always the best.
[It., Sempre il miglior non e il parer primiero.]

First thoughts are not always the best.
[It., Sempre il miglior non e il parer primiero.]

Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.

Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.

I'll put that in my considering cap.

I'll put that in my considering cap.

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!

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.