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Thought is valuable in proportion as it is generative.
Thought is valuable in proportion as it is generative.
Learning without thought is labor lost.
Learning without thought is labor lost.
Men's first thoughts in this matter are generally better than
their second; their natural notions better than those refin'd read more
Men's first thoughts in this matter are generally better than
their second; their natural notions better than those refin'd by
study, or consultation with casuists.
- Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury,
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.
My thoughts ran a wool-gathering.
My thoughts ran a wool-gathering.
Ah! still awhile the old thought retain,
And yet consider it again!
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.
The ancestor of every action is a thought.
The ancestor of every action is a thought.
What we think, we become.
What we think, we become.
