In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts: they come back to us with a certain alienated read more

In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts: they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.

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.

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.

All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter.

All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter.

A hundred wagon loads of thoughts will not pay a single ounce of debt.

A hundred wagon loads of thoughts will not pay a single ounce of debt.

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.

I have no riches but my thoughts. Yet these are wealth enough for me.

I have no riches but my thoughts. Yet these are wealth enough for me.

Stung by the splendour of a sudden thought.

Stung by the splendour of a sudden thought.

Thought precedes action, action does not always precede thought.

Thought precedes action, action does not always precede thought.