Thoughts Quotes
5764 quotes by 2727 authors
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Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends. Turn the old; return…
— Henry David Thoreau
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How can one ever do anything nobly Christian, living among people with such petty thoughts?
— George Eliot
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When you want to teach children to think, you begin by treating them seriously when they are little, giving them responsibilities, talking to them candidly,…
— Bertrand Russell
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It was hard to reassure grown-ups when you weren't certain yourself what you were feeling and thinking—when thoughts dissolved before you could name them.
— Paula Fox
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It is very difficult to be learned; it seems as if people were worn out on the way to great thoughts, and can never enjoy…
— George Eliot
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Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts. Whenever your mind becomes scattered, use your breath as…
— Nhat Hanh
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On the blue summer evenings, I will go along the paths, And walk over the short grass, as I am pricked by the wheat: Daydreaming…
— Arthur Rimbaud
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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
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They exÂpectÂed to lose. And thereÂfore, they lost. [..] PeoÂple who start thinkÂing deep dark thoughts in the midÂdle of a war start exÂpectÂing to…
— Michael Scott
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I was thinking lots of things, but most of them needed to stay thoughts, not words.
— Maggie Stiefvater
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God is necessary, and therefore must exist...But I know that he does not and cannot exist...Don't you understand that a man with these two thoughts…
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Thought = creation. If these thoughts are attached to powerful emotions (good or bad) that speeds the creation
— Rhonda Byrne
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What? My head doctor says I'm not supposed to censor my thoughts. It's part of my therapy.
— Suzanne Collins
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It wasn't even 8:00 yet. Pretty early for such deep thoughts.
— Gabrielle Zevin
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You can say anything with a Post-It. I’m not entirely sure why that is. Maybe the friendliness of the squares makes it easier. A square…
— Erin Morgenstern
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Look past your thoughts, so you may drink the pure nectar of This Moment.
— Unknown Author
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Damen is gorgeous. I know this without looking up. I just focus on my book as he makes his way toward me since I know…
— Alyson Noel
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I wished there was some kind of switch on my brain. That I could turn it off in the same way that I could turn…
— Marian Keyes
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But I will find new habits, new thoughts, new rules. I will become something else.
— Veronica Roth
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Darling girl, blinded by foolish thoughts of love. How to tell her that the hearts of men were not so easily won. If won, rarely…
— Kate Morton
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