Thoughts Quotes

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I love this word decadence, all shimmering in purple and gold. It suggests the subtle thoughts of ultimate civilization, a high literary culture, a soul… — Paul Verlaine
A painting is not thought out in advance. While it is being done, it changes as oneâ€™s thoughts change. And when itâ€™s finished, it goes… — Pablo Picasso
By consequence, or train of thoughts, I understand that succession of one thought to another which is called, to distinguish it from discourse in words,… — Thomas Hobbes
First thoughts are not always the best. — Vittorio Alfieri
There are moments of despair that come sometimes, when night sets in and a white fog presses against the windows. Then our house changes its… — Stevie Smith
Let me arrest thy thoughts; wonder with me, why plowing, building, ruling and the rest, or most of those arts, whence our lives are blest,… — John Donne
Men perish with whispering sins-nay, with silent sins, sins that never tell the conscience that they are sins, as often with crying sins; and in… — John Donne
The difficulty of saying I-a phrase from the East German novelist Christa Wolf. But once having said it, as we realize the necessity to go… — Adrienne Rich
Even as water carves monuments of stone, so do our thoughts shape our character. — Hugh B. Brown
More thinking is required, and we should all exercise our God-given right to think and be unafraid to express our opinions, with proper respect for… — Hugh B. Brown
There is no doubt that the life one leads, and the thoughts one thinks are registered plainly in his face. — Spencer W. Kimball
Do I guard myself, my heart, my feelings, my thoughts? Do I guard the treasure of grace? Do I guard the presence of the Holy… — Pope Francis
When we talk about the environment, about creation, my thoughts turn to the first pages of the Bible, the Book of Genesis, which states that… — Pope Francis
Do not look forward to what may happen tomorrow; the same everlasting Father who cares for you today will take care of you tomorrow and… — Saint Francis de Sales
I've always been partial to the image of liquor as lubrication, a layer of protection from all the sharp thoughts in your head. — Gillian Flynn
I am struck by the way people behave on the Tube. They look at each other beadily and inquisitively, and something goes on in their… — Graham Swift
We have to have genius creative thoughts precisely four times a year and on exact dates. I actually write them on my calendar. I write,… — Tom Ford
Hammer your thoughts into unity. — William Butler Yeats
Worry means tormenting yourself with disturbing thoughts or fretting about things we have zero control over. If you live in the north there is no… — Jack White
The succession of thoughts appears in time, but the gap between two of them is outside time. The gap itself is normally unobserved. The chance… — Paul Brunton

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