Their Thoughts Quotes

117 quotes by 108 authors

The eyes of others our prisons; their thoughts our cages. — Virginia Woolf
I believe that there is one story in the world, and only one. . . . Humans are caughtâ€”in their lives, in their thoughts, in… — John Steinbeck
But I do say that educated and scholarly men, if theyâ€™re brilliant and creative to begin withâ€”which, unfortunately, is rarely the caseâ€”tend to leave infinitely… — J D Salinger
Those who are fired with an enthusiastic idea and who allow it to take hold and dominate their thoughts find that new worlds open for… — Norman Vincent Peale
Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control. We can love and care for others but we cannot possess our children, lovers, family, or… — Jack Kornfield
We will gradually become indifferent to what goes on in the minds of other people when we acquire a knowledge of the superficial nature of… — Arthur Schopenhauer
As the clockwork of the millennia moved a notch in front of their eyes, it had taken their thoughts from small things and reminded them… — Mark Helprin
Experts in ancient Greek culture say that people back then didn't see their thoughts as belonging to them. When ancient Greeks had a thought, it… — Chuck Palahniuk
They enveloped each other within the folds of their thoughts, holding each other with an intimacy no physical embrace could replicate, allowing their identities to… — Christopher Paolini
One doesnâ€™t become a witch to run around being helpful eitherâ€¦. Itâ€™s to escape all that â€“ to have a life of oneâ€™s own, not… — Sylvia Townsend Warner
A novel is a commodity that fulfills a certain need; people need to buy daydreams like they need to buy ice cream or aspirin or… — John Dos Passos
When the people sat around on the porch and passed around the pictures of their thoughts for the others to look at and see, it… — Zora Neale Hurston
People never explain to you exactly what they think and feel and how their thoughts and feelings work, do they? They don't have time. Or… — Sebastian Faulks
It's tragic how few people ever 'possess their souls' before they die. 'Nothing is more rare in any man', says Emerson, 'than an act of… — Oscar Wilde
Oh, what a love it was, utterly free, unique, like nothing else on earth! Their thoughts were like other people's songs. — Boris Pasternak
In ten minutes they will have arrived on campus. George will have to be George; the George they have named and will recognise. So now… — Christopher Isherwood
The people dreamed and fought and slept as much as ever. And by habit they shortened their thoughts so that they would not wander out… — Carson McCullers
But who will dare to speak the truth out clear? The few who anything of truth have learned, And foolishly did not keep truth concealed,… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Things being investigated, knowledge became complete. Their knowledge being complete, their thoughts were sincere. Their thoughts being sincere, their hearts were then rectified. Their hearts… — Confucius
They put up with such strenuous training, and where did their thoughts, their hopes and dreams, disappear to? When people pass away, do their thoughts… — Haruki Murakami

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