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She that fails to command her thoughts will soon lose command of her actions
She that fails to command her thoughts will soon lose command of her actions
Thinking is the greatest torture in the world for most people.
Thinking is the greatest torture in the world for most people.
I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more than living, for it is read more
I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more than living, for it is being conscious of living.
Positive anything is better than negative nothing.
Positive anything is better than negative nothing.
The general root of superstition is that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss, and commit to read more
The general root of superstition is that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss, and commit to memory the one, and pass over the other.
The open mind never acts: when we have done our utmost to arrive
at a reasonable conclusion, we still. read more
The open mind never acts: when we have done our utmost to arrive
at a reasonable conclusion, we still. . . must close our minds
for the moment with a snap, and act dogmatically on our
conclusions.
Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they read more
Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they congenitally lack the equipment to do so, just as they congenitally lack the equipment to fly over the moon.
Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.
Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.
A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he
will.
A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he
will.
