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Ah! still awhile the old thought retain,
And yet consider it again!
Ah! still awhile the old thought retain,
And yet consider it again!
Thought is valuable in proportion as it is generative.
Thought is valuable in proportion as it is generative.
No brain is stronger than its weakest think.
No brain is stronger than its weakest think.
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?
Thought once awakened does not again slumber.
Thought once awakened does not again slumber.
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,
We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.
We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.
My thoughts ran a wool-gathering.
My thoughts ran a wool-gathering.
Thought is borne of failure.
Thought is borne of failure.
