Quote by John Dewey

The impulse to perform a worthy action often springs from our best nature, but is afterwards tainted by the spur of selfishness or sinister…

— Emile Souvestre

“Thoughts which a man deliberately places in his own mind, and encourages with sympathy, and with which he mixes any one or more of…

— Napoleon Hill

The man whose whole activity is diverted to inner meditation becomes insensible to all his surroundings. His passions are mere appearances, being sterile. They…

— Emile Durkheim

“Take for instance a man driven to incessant work by a sense of deep insecurity and loneliness; or another one driven by ambition, or…

— Erich Fromm

“Our actions may be impeded... But there can be no impeding our intentions or our dispositions. Because we can accommodate and adapt. The mind…

— Marcus Aurelius

Very often pessimistic people speak against their own desire. They want to undertake some work, and they say, 'I will do this, but I…

— Hazrat Inayat Khan

“Because of the a priori element in intention, good intentions are so tempting - compared with a successive unfolding in time - and have…

— Søren Kierkegaard

“Our actions may be impeded . . . but there can be no impeding our intentions or dispositions. Because we can accommodate and adapt. The mind adapts…

— Ryan Holiday

“Our actions may be impeded by them, but there can be no impeding our intentions or our dispositions. Because we can accommodate and adapt.…

— Marcus Aurelius

The greater part of our daily actions are the result of hidden motives which escape our observation.

— Gustave Le Bon

“Men imagine that thought can be kept secret, but it cannot; it rapidly crystallizes into habit, and habit solidifies into circumstance. Bestial thoughts crystallize…

— James Allen

“People that can’t control their behavior have a problem with discipline. But lack of discipline over the body originates in a restless mind. The…

— Robin Sacredfire