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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.
I'll put that in my considering cap.
I'll put that in my considering cap.
It is better to light 1 candle
than to curse the darkness.
It is better to light 1 candle
than to curse the darkness.
Thought once awakened does not again slumber.
Thought once awakened does not again slumber.
A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labour and an invisible labour.
A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labour and an invisible labour.
The kings of modern thought are dumb.
The kings of modern thought are dumb.
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,
My thoughts ran a wool-gathering.
My thoughts ran a wool-gathering.
In indolent vacuity of thought.
In indolent vacuity of thought.