His Thoughts Quotes
187 His Thoughts quotes by 146 unique authors
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The safe and general antidote against sorrow is employment. It is commonly observed, that among soldiers and seamen, though there is much kindness, there is…
— Samuel Johnson
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In private places, among sordid objects, an act of truth or heroism seems at once to draw to itself the sky as its temple, the…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Put yourself completely under the influence of Jesus, so that he may think his thoughts in your mind, do his work through your hands, for…
— Mother Teresa
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I know perfectly well that no musician can make his thoughts or his talents different to what Heaven has made them; but I also know…
— Felix Mendelssohn
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Many a professing Christian is a stumbling-block because his worship is divided. On Sunday he worships God; on weekdays God has little or no place…
— Dwight L. Moody
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It is not necessary for a preacher to express all his thoughts in one sermon. A preacher should have three principles: first, to make a…
— Martin Luther
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A man who is really earnest must begin with himself, he must be passively aware of all his thoughts, feelings and actions.
— Jiddu Krishnamurti
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Poetry forces a writer to condense and crystallise his thoughts and often represents a short cut to truths unsuspected by the author himself.
— Felix Dennis
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There is someone that I love even though I don't approve of what he does. There is someone I accept though some of his thoughts…
— C.S. Lewis
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A writer should bury his thoughts deep and convey them through the characters in his novel.
— Mo Yan
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The artist knows he must be alone to create; the writer, to work out his thoughts; the musician, to compose; the saint, to pray. But…
— Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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One who can control his thoughts has conquered himself.
— Boyd K. Packer
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Intent is what can make a man succeed when his thoughts tell him that he is defeated.
— Carlos Castaneda
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His desperation and misery swept her up like a storm capturing the sea. She turned her mind to even these feelings, because they were his,…
— Sarah Rees Brennan
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The man who is striving to solve a problem defined by existing knowledge and technique is not, however, just looking around. He knows what he…
— Thomas Kuhn
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As Gove knows.... 'Scientific education for the masses will do little good, and probably a lot of harm, if it simply boils down to more…
— George Orwell
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Typographical design should perform optically what the speaker creates through voice and gesture of his thoughts.
— El Lissitzky
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Imperishable moments and immortal deeds, death itself and love stronger than death, will be as though they had never been. The energies of our system…
— Arthur Balfour
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Bathed in sweat and trembling with agitation, no, not with agitation, but with fear, for he finally admitted it to himself: it was naked fear…
— Patrick Süskind
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Any man who can't control his thoughts can't control his actions, and any man who can't control his actions isn't safe in society.
— Richard L. Evans
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He had thrown himself away, he had lost interest in everything, and life, falling in with his feelings, had demanded nothing of him. He had…
— Hermann Hesse
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The poet presents his thoughts festively, on the carriage of rhythm: usually because they could not walk.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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It is indeed certain, that whoever attempts any common topick, will find unexpected coincidences of his thoughts with those of other writers; nor can the…
— Samuel Johnson
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The Procrastinator has the opposite problem. He can’t selectively focus his attention and might endure frequent accusations about his laziness. In truth, he’s so distracted…
— Kate Kelly
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We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses.
— Alan Perlis
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