I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted read more

I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.

Thoughts have power; thoughts are energy. And you can make your world or break it by your own thinking.

Thoughts have power; thoughts are energy. And you can make your world or break it by your own thinking.

Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.

Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.

If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought.

If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought.

Thoughts are the shadows of our sensations -- always darker, emptier, simpler than these.

Thoughts are the shadows of our sensations -- always darker, emptier, simpler than these.

Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you 'll start having positive results.

Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you 'll start having positive results.

The average person thinks he isn't.

The average person thinks he isn't.

Those who cannot understand how to put their thoughts on ice should not enter into the heat of debate.

Those who cannot understand how to put their thoughts on ice should not enter into the heat of debate.

The mind can weave itself warmly in the cocoon of its own thoughts, and dwell a hermit anywhere.

The mind can weave itself warmly in the cocoon of its own thoughts, and dwell a hermit anywhere.