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Thoughts Quotes by Michel de Montaigne
- The pleasantest things in the world are pleasant thoughts, and the great art of life is to have as many of them as possible.
- When I dance, I dance; when I sleep, I sleep; yes, and when I walk alone in a beautiful orchard, if my thoughts drift to…
- We trouble our life by thoughts about death, and our death by thoughts about life.
- To distract myself from tiresome thoughts, I have only to resort to books; they easily draw my mind to themselves and away from other things.
- When I am attached by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds…
- There is no man so good, who, were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to the laws, would not deserve hanging ten times…
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- There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
- High thoughts must have high language. — Aristophanes
- My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous images, that it might find out what… — Saint Augustine
- The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no… — Marcus Aurelius
- Our life is what our thoughts make it. — Marcus Aurelius
- The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts. — Marcus Aurelius
- Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the… — Teresa of Avila
- What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and acts of… — Sai Baba
- All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter. — Sai Baba
- Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable. — Francis Bacon
- We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most… — Philip James Bailey
- I enjoy it too much - even if I knew I'd never get a book published, I would still write. I enjoy… — Iain Banks