Thought once awakened does not again slumber.

Thought once awakened does not again slumber.

When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always be worse. And when they are, read more

When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always be worse. And when they are, we find hope in the thought that things are so bad they have to get better.

The kings of modern thought are dumb.

The kings of modern thought are dumb.

Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.

Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.

Arouse the mind without resting it on anything.

Arouse the mind without resting it on anything.

Upon the cunning loom of thought
We weave our fancies, so and so.

Upon the cunning loom of thought
We weave our fancies, so and so.

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.

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

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