Thought Quotes

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My guess is that well over eighty per cent. of the human race goes through life without having a single original thought.. — H. L. Mencken
The members of the department became like the Athenians who, according to the Apostle Paul, "spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell… — Joel Henry Hildebrand
We need a name for the new replicator, a noun that conveys the idea of a unit of cultural transmission, or a unit of imitation.… — Richard Dawkins
I felt a great dislike to journeys, especially when they were long. But once I had started, I thought nothing of them, thinking of Him… — Teresa of Avila
The sun stands for energy and youth, which is what I thought the circus should be about. — Guy Laliberte
I remember in the circus learning that the clown was the prince, the high prince. I always thought that the high prince was the lion… — Roberto Benigni
Great success in examinations does naturally not as a rule go with originality of thought. — Edward Carpenter
Colors answer feeling in man; shapes answer thought; and motion answers will. — John Sterling
God forgive me for having thought it possible that a schoolmaster could be out and out a rational being. — Walter Scott
I am truly horrified by modern man. Such absence of feeling, such narrowness of outlook, such lack of passion and information, such feebleness of thought. — Alexander Herzen
The silence of snow, thought the man sitting just behind the bus driver. — Orhan Pamuk
Love to me is someone telling me, 'I want to be with you for the rest of my life, and if you needed me to… — Jennifer Lopez
Vision is perhaps our greatest strength.. it has kept us alive to the power and continuity of thought through the centuries, it makes us peer… — Li Ka-shing
You are the witness of the three bodies: the gross, the subtle, and the causal, and of the three times: past, present and future, and… — Ramana Maharshi
The one who follows the thought is also a thought! The one who follows the thought IS in thought. When you know that both are… — H. W. L. Poonja
A man is sometimes more generous when he has but a little money than when he has plenty, perhaps through fear of being thought to… — Benjamin Franklin
The brain is not, and cannot be, the sole or complete organ of thought and feeling. — Antoinette Brown Blackwell
We can't stand the silence because silence includes thinking. And if we thought, we would have to face ourselves. — Agnes de Mille
If you want peace, stop fighting. If you want peace of mind, stop fighting with your thoughts. — Peter McWilliams
I never thought tennis was going to give me so much satisfaction. — Gabriela Sabatini
Thought comes to an end. Then there is that sense of absolute silence in the brain. All the movement of thought has ended. — Jiddu Krishnamurti
The man who is fond of books is usually a man of lofty thought, and of elevated opinions. — Christopher Dawson
Man cannot produce a single work without the assistance of the slow, assiduous, corrosive worm of thought. — Eugenio Montale
The niftiest turn of phrase, the most elegant flight of rhetorical fancy, isn't worth beans next to a clear thought clearly expressed. — Jeff Greenfield
Let death be daily before your eyes, and you will never entertain any abject thought, nor too eagerly covet anything. — Epictetus

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